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Oct 4, 2024 · state, political organization of society, or the body politic, or, more narrowly, the institutions of government.The state is a form of human association distinguished from other social groups by its purpose, the establishment of order and security; its methods, the laws and their enforcement; its territory, the area of jurisdiction or geographic boundaries; and finally by its sovereignty.
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No concept is more central to political discourse and political analysis than that of the state. Yet, whilst we all tend to think we know what we’re talking about when we refer to the state, it is a notoriously difficult concept to define. Since the seve nteenth century, when the term was first widely deployed, the concept of the state has been
Aug 24, 2021 · The basic principle is that of continuity in the identity of the State, a principle whose intensity depends on the changes that may occur in its constituent elements: 1. Variations in sovereignty over the territory. 2. Changes in the population, by modifying the sovereignty in a territory, or by migratory movements. 3.
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Jul 30, 2018 · This chapter explores the concept of the state, looking at various theories of the state and identifying its major characteristics and then how far real states measure up to these characteristics. It identifies different 'types' of state in political theory and looks at the major challenges to practical state sovereignty in the modern world. The challenges include the structure of ...
Jan 16, 2018 · As I argued in chapter 9, Hobbes's theory of political representation issues in the conclusion that to speak of a sovereign is to refer to a natural person (or body of persons) authorised to discharge the role of representing the person ‘by Fiction’ of the state. I now wish to extend my historical gaze and consider the origins and ...
- Quentin Skinner
- 2018
Feb 1, 2015 · The collection highlights the fact that the concept of the state plays a central role in international relations, particularly in realist and neo-realist approaches. It also provides an important counterpoint to the general assumption that the meaning of the state is self-evident; something that is often taken for granted by both advocates of the sovereign state and its critics.
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Feb 23, 2011 · The concept of the state as a central point of reference is obviously important as well as widespread – in the UN, in sociology (which presupposes national societies), and in Rawls. But given the fact that we do not know much about the state – where it comes from, how it functions, what we can demand of it – we have not got far in analysing the state.
