THE IDEA OF STATE Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| How can the distribution and exercise of political power over a territory be best understood? | It can be best understood by comprehending the idea of what a state is. |
| States occupied the central position in understanding the distribution and exercise of power over a territory. What has modified the state's position? | The emergence of regional and global institutions. |
| What are some of the politically relevant items of information we can link to Thomas Paine's name? | He was one of the Founding Fathers and signataries of the US Constiturion and he pinpointed what the main role of any state is. |
| What are some past and present examples of loose overarching polities? | Past: Holy Roman Empire, Roman Catholic Church Present: regional and international (multinational) organizations |
| What type of watershed events have usually broken the identification between a monarch and the state power? | (Obviously) revolutions |
| What is the execution of Charles I (king of England, Scotland and Ireland) an instance of? | It is an instance of split of the identification of the state power with the monarch. +an instance of people's demand to have a say in government. |
| What contributed significantly to the emergence of the modern state form (as we experience it today)? | The process of industrialisation and the emergence of capitalist economic relationships |
| What is the International Monetary Fund an example of? | It is an example of a loose overarching polity. |
| Where do we find the origin of the idea of state? | In Aristotle's idea of organized communities which grow out of primitive communities, + his work entitled "Politics", 3rd century BCE |
| What is the definition of institution? | An institution is an organization or establishment created with a certain purpose. |
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