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ch 9 power and state
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
11/13/2008

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state
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the political institution, people who exercise an effective monopoly in the use of physical coercion withhin a given teritiory
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force
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power who basis is the threat or application of punishment
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ultimate basis of the state is...
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force
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social surplus
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goods and services over and above those necessary for survival-foundations of the state
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functionalists depict the state as...
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good and assumed a dominant position in contemporary life. it helps society maintain order and provide for the common good.
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thomas hobbes said humans were... and the state had come from...
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humans were naturally brutal and destructive and the state had come from a social agreement providing for central authority and collective defense as a measure to rid themselves of brutality, violence and chaos
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jean rousseau said humans were...and the state had come from...
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humans were evil because of private property but were actually noble and caring..and the state had come from establishing private property in order to define and defend property rights
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functionalist's four functions performed by the state
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planning and direction
enforcement of norms
arbitration of conflicting interests
protection against other societies
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planning and direction
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new norms are needed
deliberate planning
formal declaration
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enforcement of norms
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state is required to ensure law and order by enforcing legal norms
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arbitration of conflicting interests
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state is required to contain conflict within tolerable limits
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protection against other societies
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centralized control of mobilization if a people are neeed to maximize their position to their enemies
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conflict perspective sees the state as...
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an instrument of violence and oppression

the state is a vehicle by which one or more groups impose their values and stratification system upon other groups

benefiting themselves
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conflict theorists think the state arose from...
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the desire of ruling elites to give permanence to social arrangements that benefit themselves
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