relations should no longer be regarded as ‘states’ interacting with each other: = from realist to pluralist approach = international relations and global politics as the interaction of: - states or governments - transnational companies (Nestlé‚ Shell‚ Ford‚ …) - national NGOs - IGOs (UN‚ NATO‚ EU‚ …) - INGOs (Amnesty International‚ WWF‚ …) 2. Problems with the state-centric approach -> 4 main problems: 1) ambiguity between different meanings of ‘state’ = legal person? = political community
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wife sucked the country dry of funds‚ adding to the debt of France and the downfall of her own country. As for the king‚ the king has been trained to choose a fit wife to rule alongside him be it for creating mutual bonds and alliances with other sovereign countries. If he has‚ by the slightest chance‚ chosen such a wife he must take responsibility and guide her for the better of the nation. He doesn’t do so! He lets her continue with her flamboyant actions causing the nation‚ his home‚ to crumble
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Legitimacy enables a state to depend not on shear force or coercion‚ rather the idea of consent of the governed. Consent of the governed is a principle that goes back to the English philosopher John Locke‚ stating that a government’s legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified and legal when it is consented by the people or society that the power is being exercised over. Consequently‚ this makes legitimacy an integral component of any successful modern state. Various forms of political
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through the state. In order to create‚ maintain and repair political order‚ the state needs authority from its citizens to do so and this authority needs to be legitimate. ‘Legitimacy refers to a belief in the states rightness‚ its right to rule or the idea that its authority is proper.’ I will then explain how today‚ legitimacy is closely linked to democracy and it is through free and fair elections that the state receives legitimacy. The degree to which individuals legitimise the state is varied
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ALAGBE OLUFUNMILOLA DORCAS “The State is a necessary evil. Discuss. State‚ can be defined in political science‚ as generally a group of people inhabiting a specific territory and living according to a common legal and political authority; a body politic or nation. In this definition‚ the term state includes government; in another usage‚ the two terms are synonymous. [Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserve]. George Washington said that government is not
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have manifested distress signs commonly associated with failed states. Identify these signs and explain their implication on the desired National integration and the future. ------------------------------------------------- DISTRESS FACTORS/SIGNS OF A FAILING STATE (AS INDICATED IN THE NIGERIAN SYSTEM) Introduction According to a popular writer of the mid 200s‚ he describes the reasons why States fail when he said‚ “States fail because they are convulsed by internal violence and can no
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EDRD: Manual Summaries: UNIT 1: Basic Concepts The Law: a command of the sovereign‚ each with its own set of rules from different sources and aims. * Sovereign is any independent body with the authority to regulate society and backed by coercive enforcement Underlying body of rules used by actors/institutions of the legal system‚ to regulate behavior of the state/citizens in pursuit if justice‚ through social control‚ social change‚ dispute resolution Canadian law: product of
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What is meant by state recognition in international law INTRODUCTION Some definitions of “international law” can be found on the Web as follows: “The body of laws governing relations between nations”‚ “International law is the term commonly used for referring to the system of implicit and explicit agreements that bind together nation-states in adherence to recognized values and standards‚ differing from other legal systems in that it concerns nations rather than private citizens. ...”‚ “A complex
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A multi national enterprise (MNE’s) is defined as a business‚ which owns or controls foreign subsidiaries in more than one country (Host nation). These are also called transnational corporations (TC’s). Multi national enterprises cover the entire spectrum of businesses‚ including manufacturing‚ agriculture‚ service provision and finance. These can be vast‚ well known companies or smaller specialist firms. There are three different types of MNE’s which all have different primary motives. Horizontally
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inception of NGOs the researchers tried to put this organization to multiple statuses ranging from alternative government‚ civil society as a third sector after state and market. The writer senses some coterie interest of political leaders of donor states‚ state bureaucrats‚ diplomats and researchers behind the promotion of NGOs as sovereign image. Having pointed that aspect he counselled for the deep study on the networks and
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