Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: University Of Western Ontario, Feudalism
12 Jan 2017
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Uwo political science 1020e term 2 lecture 2. The state is international as well as internal. Protects its people from (1) each other, and (2) external threats. The borders define what is internal and what is external. The state was all one-to-one interactions, which is not territorial. One-to-o(cid:374)e i(cid:374)tera(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause a (cid:858)lord(cid:859) would pa(cid:455) peasa(cid:374)ts to (cid:373)i(cid:374)d the la(cid:374)d, a ki(cid:374)g would gra(cid:374)t la(cid:374)d to lords, et(cid:272) o(cid:374)e-to-one: the universal church. State was an overarching moral rule; there were religious institutions which were blocking the emergence of state institutions. 30yr war ends with westphalia treaty; the state controls the religion within the territory. State from internal society (state provides rules for internal society) State from internal sphere; state competes with other states in the absence of order. Comparative politics the state as units of analysis. Global exte(cid:374)sio(cid:374)s; it(cid:859)s a world of states. State won over other models because it met the needs, it was better than any other political model.
