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| the political institution, people who exercise an effective monopoly in the use of physical coercion withhin a given teritiory |
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| power who basis is the threat or application of punishment |
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| ultimate basis of the state is... |
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| goods and services over and above those necessary for survival-foundations of the state |
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| functionalists depict the state as... |
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| good and assumed a dominant position in contemporary life. it helps society maintain order and provide for the common good. |
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| thomas hobbes said humans were... and the state had come from... |
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| humans were naturally brutal and destructive and the state had come from a social agreement providing for central authority and collective defense as a measure to rid themselves of brutality, violence and chaos |
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| jean rousseau said humans were...and the state had come from... |
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| humans were evil because of private property but were actually noble and caring..and the state had come from establishing private property in order to define and defend property rights |
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| functionalist's four functions performed by the state |
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planning and direction
enforcement of norms
arbitration of conflicting interests
protection against other societies |
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new norms are needed
deliberate planning
formal declaration |
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| state is required to ensure law and order by enforcing legal norms |
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| arbitration of conflicting interests |
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| state is required to contain conflict within tolerable limits |
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| protection against other societies |
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| centralized control of mobilization if a people are neeed to maximize their position to their enemies |
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| conflict perspective sees the state as... |
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an instrument of violence and oppression
the state is a vehicle by which one or more groups impose their values and stratification system upon other groups
benefiting themselves |
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| conflict theorists think the state arose from... |
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| the desire of ruling elites to give permanence to social arrangements that benefit themselves |
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