●A social enterprise
●It is a quest for knowledge
●Falsifiability
What is science
100
'A group of people within the state who have the ultimate authority to act on behalf of the State.
What is government
100
Name a one of the two theories of state formation
What is (contractarian view OR predatory view)
100
is a value whereby something or someone is recognized and accepted as right and proper.
What is legitimacy
100
a state that has failed to provide the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign state
What is State failure or A failed state
200
is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state.
What is country
200
focuses on the conflicts between individuals.
●Overcoming the state of nature among
individuals.
What is Contractarian View
200
1) Traditional
2) Charismatic
3) Rational-legal
What are the Three forms of legitimacy:
300
the domestic politics and political issues within and across countries.
What is Comparative politics
300
may refer to a community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, or history.
What is Nation
300
focuses on potential conflicts of interest between citizens and the state.
●Overcoming the security dilemma among
states.
What is Predatory View
300
refers to the way in which states vary in their distribution of power.
What is The distribution of power
300
Sudan, Chad, Haiti, Afghanistan are characterized by foreign policy.com as
What is highest scoring failed state
400
-Qualitative methods
-Quantitative methods
What is Methodological approaches
400
regime is the [form of government]: the set of rules, cultural or social norms, that regulate the operation of government and its interactions with society.
What is regime
400
Name one of the challenges of state formation
What is
-Legitimacy
-Distribution of power,
-autonomy
-capacity
400
is the ability of the state to wield power in order to carry out its essential tasks.
What is capacity or state capacity
400
● Centralization of power
● Violence/Lack of security
● Exogenous shocks
What are the Causes of state failure
500
a methodological approach which consists of making comparisons within and across cases in order to draw conclusions from our observations.
What is Comparative method
500
●Legitimate monopoly on the use of force.
●Sovereign entity.
●Comprised of political institutions.
What is state
500
is the ability of the state to wield its power independently of the public or international actors.
What is State autonomy
500
Failing states are those characterized as having:
What is
●Loss of control of its territory
●Loss of control of the monopoly on the legitimate use of
force
●Erosion of legitimate authority to make collective
decisions
●An inability to provide public services
●An inability to interact with other states