Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Comparative Politics, Protestantism, Dualism
15 May 2020
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Poli sci lecture 26 notes thursday january 11th, 2018. International approach: effective government, relations with other states, *the state is both international and internal* The duality of the state: protects its people from each other and also from external threats, boarders define what is internal and external in the first place. Shaped people"s life and gave guidance: protestant reformation split the universal church into 2 catholic vs protestant. Comparative politics and international relations: comparative politics: states as units of analysis, compares units, studies politics under state provided order. International relations: states within a state system: begins with concept of anarchy, examines state interactions in absence of rules and enforcement. The triumph of the state model: states formally equal, states are highly unequal in what they can accomplish, strong states vs weak states vs failing/collapsed states. Pluralist state: social power is widely and evenly dispersed, the elected government leads the way, the state is neutral.
