The State

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undergraduate Politics 912 Flashcards on The State, created by kirstywirsty on 14/05/2013.
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How did T.H green describe the state? States have always existed. Families and tribes require an ideal of what is right, and this ethical system is the basis of the state (1941)
According to Dunleavy & O'leary (1987) what are the 5 attributes of the state? 1. A public institution separated from the private activities of society 2. The existence of sovereignty in unitary form 3. The application of laws to all who live in a particular society 4. The recruitment of personnel according to bureaucratic as opposed to patrimonial criteria 5. The capacity to extract revenue (tax) from a subject population
How does Max Weber describe the state relating to force? The state is an institution that claims a monopoly of legitimate violence for a particular territory
How dis Hobbes describe the state in relation to force? Might rather than will as the basis of right or the state (1976)
Describe 'force' and the 'state' Force is central to the state, its most essential attribute.
How do idealists describe the state? Morality is right at the heart of the state. Ideas rather than material entities are central to reality.
How did Hegel describe the state? The realisation of morality, the divine idea as it exists on earth (1956)
How did Rousseau describe the state? Morality, rights and duties form the basis of the state
How did Hamlin and Petite describe the state? a system of rules that embody a system of rights. this a a normative analysis of the state.
How did Gramsci define the state? The state is linked to force, he said, equally important is morality, and rights (1996)
What are the two defining arguments of the state? FORCE AND MODERNITY
According to Easton, what has brought the state back into political science? The revival of the interest in Marxism, which places the state at the heart of politics. Conservative yearning for stability and authority, the importance of the market. A study of policy which found the state to be a convenient tool of anaysis.
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