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Flashcards by appleberrycrush, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by appleberrycrush
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| Question | Answer |
| Nationalism and Violence | Rise and expansion of ethnic violence linked to modernity (especially rise of nation state) |
| Dramatic social changes (modernity) that led to this rise | Industrialization & Economic Development State Building Nationalism Mass Education Mass Organized Religions |
| These promoted ethnic violence in 3 main ways | Identity Motivation Resource Mobilization |
| Identities | Rise of Collective Identities (replaced local identities) Necessary Condition: ethnic violence motivated by communal difference |
| Motivation | Emotional prejudice Strong Identities: Grievances (people more concerned about community) & Obligations (protect community) Comparisons: Of elite positions Nationalism: nationalist violence |
| Resource Mobilization | organizational, communication and human resources org for large-scale violence political openings: violence against "others" by nation-minded states; co-nationals too |
| The State Weberian Definition | Central concept: basis of power, formal political institution, affects social relations Pol org with a monopoly of the legitimate use of force within a territory |
| Three main components of the state | 1. Formal political org 2. monopoly of legitimate force 3. Territoriality |
| Limited States | Few states conform to ideal type (closest in western Europe and north America) limited state presence (northern Uganda, northern Canada) |
| Failed States | States have broken down; individuals compete for lack of control ex: somalia |
| Components of the State | Government: leaders of state Administration: bureaucracy Military and Police: maintain order Judiciary: interpret/enforce laws Subcentral govt: tentacles of govt legislature: people who make laws |
| Government | Group of people controlling the state and implementing political decisions |
| Regime | The rules that dictate how the govt makes decisions, how they implement them, and how they come to power |
| Bureaucratic Organization (Weberian View) | Basis of effective action |
| State-Society Relations (Weberian View) | Another source of power |
| Development The Rise of States (Weberian View) | States as reason for successful development of Western Europe Phenomenal organizational technology Factors that caused bureaucratic national states to arise in Europe |
| Influence of states across time Levy, Leibfried, Nullmeier | No attention until 70s Hot topic in 80s: influential actor Since 1990s, neoliberals claim states obsolete -> Globalization international environment shape states |
| Persistence of States Levy, Leibfried, and Nullmeier | Continue to perform a number of functions despite globalization (education, laws, military) CHANGING: less interference, more regulation of markets |
| Conclusion about states | States are changing but remain influential and fundamental political institution |
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