How to Read Modern Latin America
... in turn, lead to political consequences shifting alliances among social class groups give shape to patterns of political conflict over time a country’s place in the international division of labor defines the shape of available paths to economic growth differences in economic processes have pr ...
... in turn, lead to political consequences shifting alliances among social class groups give shape to patterns of political conflict over time a country’s place in the international division of labor defines the shape of available paths to economic growth differences in economic processes have pr ...
Chapter 14
... Power is the ability to impose one’s will on others whether or not they wish to comply. Authority is power accepted as legitimate by those subjected to it. ...
... Power is the ability to impose one’s will on others whether or not they wish to comply. Authority is power accepted as legitimate by those subjected to it. ...
THE ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE STATE and POLITICS!
... Population has a direct effect on the stability and political organization of a state States where the population share basic beliefs or consensus have the most stable government ...
... Population has a direct effect on the stability and political organization of a state States where the population share basic beliefs or consensus have the most stable government ...
State (polity)
A state is an organized political community living under a single system of government. Speakers of American English often use state and government as synonyms, with both words referring to an organized political group that exercises authority over a particular territory. States may or may not be sovereign. For instance, federated states that are members of a federal union have only partial sovereignty, but are, nonetheless, states. Some states are subject to external sovereignty or hegemony where ultimate sovereignty lies in another state. The term ""state"" can also refer to the secular branches of government within a state, often as a manner of contrasting them with churches and civilian institutions.Many human societies have been governed by states for millennia, but many have been stateless societies. The first states arose about 5,500 years ago in conjunction with the rapid growth of urban centers, the invention of writing, and the codification of new forms of religion. Over time a variety of different forms developed, employing a variety of justifications for their existence (such as divine right, the theory of the social contract, etc.). In the 21st century the modern nation-state is the predominant form of state to which people are subject.