POLI 212 Chapter Notes -Free Trade, State Socialism, Liberal Democracy
17 Dec 2014
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Valerie bunce: the historical origins of the east-west divide: Europe divided in respect to political, economic and security regimes. Geographical location provided it with a form of stability. Early and durable consolidation of the roman empire stability in politics, borders ad composition of the population which led to separation of state and society, coincidence of political authority and geographical boundaries. Collapse of the roman empire fragmentation of central political authority and a radical decentralisation of both politics and economics. Rise of feudalism built from bottom up the hallmark of the western idea; freedom, popular sovereignty, political equality and separation between state and society, church and state. Also rapid expansion of the population, and rise of cities, the market and the nation. The development of the modern state limited in their power. State-building was constrained which reflected competition in politics and economics within states. Sequence of developments: the rise of the state, then civil society, and then political society and democracy.
