The State and Its Formation

Question 1

state sovereignty

Answer 1

• monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force within territory
• ultimate responsibility for and legal authority over conduct
• must be internationally and domesticallyrecognized
• US has strong sovereignty

Question 2

state building

Answer 2

• W. Eurp is birthplace of modern state
• high pop density and valuable land lead to warfare for control
• forced centralization, entities to extract resources (administrative)
• small entities fail, ends city-states

Question 3

neo-patrimonialism

Answer 3

• rulers use spoils of office to maintain power
• bureaucracy not autonomous, doesn’t follow pre-det rules
• clientism
• Zaire/DRC under mobuto seko (used control of nat resources to benefit self and supporters)

Question 4

bureaucratic rational state

Answer 4

-predetermined rules for government
-meritocratic bureaucracy
autonomous