Notes

States (Definition): Success/failed
sovereignty (monopoly legitimate physical force) / legitimacy (Degree of willingly accept state's authority)
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Individual & Collective interest: the Prisoner's dilemma.:
STATE (LEVIATHAN) > Solve Collective action problem (POLITICAL ORDER) ThomaS HobbeS
State of Nature (Anarchy) is poor & brutish. (Self-interest)..
Hobbes's Solution is a "Social Contract Agreement"
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State (Not tangible) vs. Government (Tangible)
State vs. Nation (Identity__ Cultural) Kurdistan
State vs. Civil Society (Autonomous Groups and/or social movements)
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Treaty of Westphalia 1648
1) X political authority figure
2) X feudalism
3) Increase in organization of government institutions.
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Early state formation:
1) military context: military technology preparing armies for warfare incentive
2) economic context: raising taxes
3) Cultural context: Age of Enlightenment (Reason) & The divine right of kings. Challenging the legitimacy of authority.
Refer to Westphalia
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4) Natural environment: Size and density of regional population. Food production decline in mortality rate
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Late state formation:
1) military context: no military incentive or pressure to increase spendings
2) economic context: The legacy of European colonization was poor ineffective governments and no investment
3) Cultural context: State and nation overlap conflicts of legitimacy. Various identity groups.
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4) Natural environment: Difficult terrain were more expensive to establish institutions. Easier control and police of land