State
- Polity-centralise organisation.
- No undisputed.
- Max Weber-polity-violence.
- sovereign or hegemony.
- federation.
Country
- Distinct entity geography.
- Territory & Population.
- Autonomy varies.
- Possess crown dependencies.
- Country of Origin.
Territory
- jurisdiction of state.
- Controlled by country.
- political unit x state/province.
Legitimate Violence
- Monopoly Core.
- Max Weber-any organisation,
- Exclusive right-threaten.
- Weber-process of legitimate.
- Cannot suppress illegitimate
Coercive Power
- Application of negative.
- Demote-withheld reward
- Fear ensures obedience
- Resentment and resistance
- Threats & punishment
Territoriality
- important for state
- Polity defend
- internal and external
- physical aspect of identity
Sovereignty
- Self-governance.
- Conventional practice.
- Westphalia denote&prohibit.
- Confer monopoly&authority.
- US interference HK.
Plurality
- Poggi-pluralism,
- discrete-self-empowering.
- presupposes existence,
- each is equal,
- shares own characteristic
Population
- Poggi-relationship
- mere demographic
Executive
- Exercises and enforces,
- branch exercise authority.
Legislative
- enacts primary legislation,
- sovereignty.
Judiciary
- Interpret and applies.
- First for no violence
- political system SOP,
- attempt to prevent,
- branches of government
Bureaucracy
- non-elected & policy-making
- without professional
- implementing policies
- cannot govern
Military
- impact-organisation
- A coup d’état is ‘a forceful
takeover of state power by the
military‘
- Break-down law or poor
governance
Globalisation
- Broad concept.
- Widening interconnectedness
- Only economic.
- Rapid progress of info.
- Supreme traditional.
- Complex liberal economic.
- Self-governance.
- Conventional practice.
- Westphalia denote&prohibit.
- Confer monopoly&authority.
- US interference HK
- Challenge interdependence.
- Integration vs. exclusion;
- share sovereign compromise.
- EU, Brexit perfect opt out.
- Governance and regulations.
- New standardized rules,
- Territorial agencies enforce.
- International treaties,
- This emphasizes sovereign.
- Transformed-act in interest.
- Sovereignty still important
- Utopian society no boundary
Comparative Analysis
- Consolidated: Solidly &
stably, ample period, consistent
adherence of core
- Mixed: some here and there
- Authoritarian regime: not
popular legitimacy but coercive
force of politics. Power
concentrated. Example.
Challenges
- Building community: Shared
identity because non-
homogeneous can be explosive.
A form of nation building.
Language & Linguistic conflict.
Religious, concern and
disagreement
- Economic & Social
development: Success often
measured economically.
Agrarian to industrial to
advanced economy. Income and
education. Nutrition and
medical care. Rarely distributed
equally. High growth benefit
particular group. Equality of
opportunity and high social
mobility. Improve living but
policy problems.
- Democracy/HR/CL: As
complex, wealthy and
advanced, increase
involvement. Democratisation
closely linked to modernisation.
< transforms political value and
culture, increase demand
participatory
- Contribution Globalisation:
lower prices, benefit from such
international network.
Participation related to
economic. But diffusion
international norms thus more
interdependent.
Terms:

 What is the difference between a State, Country and Territory?

 What is the difference between legitimate violence and Coercive power?
 What is separation of theory?
 Define the term bureaucracy
 Define the term plurality
 Define the term territoriality

Essay:

 What are the implications of the globalisation process for the sovereignty of States? Please
define your use of ‘globalisation’ and ‘sovereignty’?
 What are the different political systems and their challenges
 What is the political community and what are the Agents of (in)direct Socislization?