Politics and the state - Defining the state - Approaches to the state
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What is the idealist approach to the state?
three moments of social existence: the family, society and the state.
Family: altruism, people set aside their own interests for the good of their children/family.
Civil society: universal egoism, individuals place their own interest before others.
State: universal altruism, ethical community underpinned by mutual sympathy.
Critique: fails to distinguish between institutions that are part of the state.
What is the idealist approach?
What is the functionalist perspective?
Central function: maintenance of social order and deliver social stability.
Approach adopted by neo-marxists (see state as a mechanism through which class conflict is enhanced to ensure the long-term survival of the capitalist system).
Weakness: tends to associate any institution that maintains order with the state itself (family, church, mass media etc).
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What is the functionalist approach?
What is the organizational view of the state?
Clearly distinguishes between the state and civil society.
The state comprises the various institutions of government: the bureaucracy, the military, the police, the courts etc.
In the light of the organizational view, what are the five key features of the state?
- State institutions are public (responsible for making and enforcing collective decisions).
- State is an exercise of legitimation (decisions are often binding on the members of society, because they are made in the public interest).
- State is an instrument of domination (state authority is backed up by coercion).
- State is a territorial association (jurisdiction of the state is geographically defined).
What are the 5 key features of the state?
2) State institutions are public instead of the private institutions of civil society
3) The state is an exercise in legitimation; decisions are accepted as binding
4) The state is an instrument of domination; it must have the capacity to ensure that its laws are obeyed and transgressors are punished
5) The state is a territorial association; only between the borders
What is the international approach to the state?
What is the international approach?
What are the four features according to art. 1 of the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933)?
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