Key Concepts in Politics GVPT 100 SEPTEMBER 12‚ 2007 OUTLINE 1. What is a Concept? 2. Fundamental Political Concepts: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. GOVERNMENT/GOVERNANCE HUMAN NATURE LAW POWER SOVEREIGNTY STATE CONCEPT A concept is a general idea about something‚ usually expressed in a single word or a short phrase. A concept is more than a proper noun or the name of a thing. Concepts are ’general’ in the sense that they can refer to a number of objects‚ indeed to any
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that national legislation guarantees the protection of human rights of individuals. Focus of international law on the individual is similar to focus on the individual by national legislation. However‚ international law ensures that it respects the sovereignty of states. International law should not engage in international affairs of nations to the agenda of a few countries. To achieve this international law treats all nations with equality. The international community only intervenes in cases where there
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and economic borders between states to allow the flow of free trade and capital. He argues that since the breakdown of Bretton-Woods era capital and free trade controls‚ globalization has taken a turn against Western norms such as democracy and sovereignty‚ threatening these fundamental concepts altogether. Going further‚ Rodrik argues that big markets necessitate big governments‚ and increased exposure to international markets create even bigger governments‚ naming countries such as Sweden and
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System of international relations after the Peace of Westphalia and the Congress of Vienna: A Comparative Analysis. Introduction It is common knowledge that human history can be viewed from different perspectives. So‚ in terms of economic‚ for example‚ it appears as a history of modes of production‚ the logic of which was deeply analyzed by Karl Marx. But in terms of geopolitical history can be thought of as a consistent change of power units "world order"‚ or geo-political eras. Each era is characterized
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SOCY426 | Scholarly Review Essay | A Reading of ‘Containing the Umma?: Islam and the Territorial Question’ by Derrick Matthew | | Daniel Lochner | 3/6/2013 | | In his article from the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion‚ “Containing the Umma? Islam and Territorial Question”‚ author Matthew Derrick looks to identify and discuss the lack of appreciation of territoriality in influencing modern Muslim identities. He proposes to do so by using a range of examples‚ which
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References: Bertram‚ Christopher. 2004. Sovereignty and the General Will (Book 2‚ Chs 1-6). In: Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Rousseau and The Social Contract. pg 101. London‚ New York: Routledge Gould & Pasquino How to Bring Peaceful Coexistence Back to the Middle East. 2004. The Tech: Online
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led to a decline in nationstate sovereignty? To address this question there is a need to clarify the concepts of the nation-state and nationalism. A decline in U.S. nation-state sovereignty would serve to promote megacorporate power manifest in the rise of the corporate state over that of the nation- state. Evidence of U.S. nationstate decline appears in many areas‚ such as that of Article XVI in the WTO and policies of the IMF. The decline in nation-state sovereignty is also evident in U.S. policies
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purpose of raising revenues to carry out the legitimate objects of government. Taxes‚ on the other hand‚ are the enforced proportional contributions or charges from persons and property levied by the law-making body of the State by virtue of its sovereignty for the support of the government and all public needs. 2. A. It is an enforced contribution. B. It is generally payable in money. C. It is proportionate in character. D. It is levied on persons‚ property or the exercise of a right or
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conviction‚ principle or political philosophy developed within a person that attaches them closer to their nations. Modernity‚ on the other hand‚ refers to the time when tradition became ineffective due to rejection by its followers owing to quest for sovereignty‚ self-determination and formal equality. Primordialist theorists describe nationalism as a reflection of past whereby people converged into distinctive groups based on their affinity of birth while their modernist counterparts term it as a recent
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Systems 2013-2014 2013-2014 Outline Comparative Political Systems II LGS 202 – Credits 3 (2013-2014) Francisco José Leandro (利天佑)‚ PhD francisco.leandro@usj.edu.mo The State Theory Elements of State Territory‚ Population‚ Sovereignty‚ Political Organization & Government Citizenship & and Fundamental Rights Types of State Unitarian‚ Unitarian with regions‚ Regional‚ Confederation‚ Federation State Powers and Functions Legislative‚ Executive‚ Judicial‚ and International
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