The State

Question 1

What is the state

Answer 1

(Weber) a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory”

Question 2

what does the state do

Answer 2

-(Gandhi) the state appears in various parts of our life, such as in police cars, or when we influence our state on election day
- states regulate the water we drink, electricity we use, the air we breathe, and even the information we consume.

Question 3

Monopoly of Force

Answer 3

• the state reserves the right to set rules and punish members of the community who violate those rules
• the state can also prevent other people within the community from using violence to exercise power over others

Question 4

power

Answer 4

the ability to coerce behaviour, the ability to cause a person to take an action that she or he would prefer not

Question 5

Bureaucracy