POL218Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kurdistan Workers' Party, Islamism, Secularism In India
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Distinguish between strong, weak, and failed states. Max weber a human community that successfully claims the monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory . String states fully control their territories and have the capacity to deliver a range of quality political goods to citizens: Weak states supply less than adequate quantities of political goods. Failed states can"t or won"t deliver essential public goods to citizens: Britain, france, italy, germany, belgium, portugal, spain. Frequent incorporation of existing indigenous power structures. Varying itineraries; consolidating democracy, semi democracy, civil war, state collapse. Bargining between african nationalist elite and colonizing powers. One person dominates the military, bureaucracy, and national party. Use of state resources to gain loyalty and generate private, personal enrichment. Couple of different ways south africa was not like other african countries. White minority role for long time, authoritarian based on race. Settler rule or form of direct role, early colonization.
