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State, Political Economy And Governanc

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State, Political Economy and Governanc

HOW DO YOU ENCOUNTER STATE AND CITIZENSHIP IN YOUR DAILY LIFE?

UNDERSTANDING STATE:
The modern word state has been derived from the word “status” earlier employed by Teutons. It was Niccolo Machiavelli who first used the term “state” in political science. From the beginning of social life, mankind has lived under some kind of authority. The authority has varied in its nature and has exercised its function through different forms of organisation. Beneath these differences in the concrete manifestation of political lifemay be observed a practical identity of purpose, and by disregarding non-essential elements and modification that arise …show more content…

Politically organized people of a definite territory iii. An organization of public law that is monopolistic over the use of violence against a group or population iv. An organization which in internal matters carries out its function through a unified set of institutions known as the government.
ELEMENTS OF THE STATE:
The state, as said earlier may be viewed as both a concrete thing and an abstract idea. A concrete thing means that it is specific human group or association and viewed in abstract terms, it is a corporation possessing a juristic personality. The state is composed of both physical and metaphysical elements. These elements are:
i. A group of human beings, i.e. population (population) ii. A territory upon which they permanently reside (territory) iii. Internal sovereignty and independence from foreign control (sovereignty) iv. A political organization or agency through which the collective will of the population is expressed, i.e. government (government)
Absence of any one of these elements nullifies the state: all must exist together. The state is not people, nor the land nor the government, but all of them in addition; the state must possess that unity which makes it a distinct and independent political entity. These features are common to all states, irrespective of their historically specific manifestation. For e.g., it applies to the Greek City states, the medieval kingdom, the modern monarchy and all the other kinds of states that

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