What is a State
- Created by: Katie Beaumont
- Created on: 01-05-17 13:34
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- STATE
- DEFINITION: A state is a political unit that has sovereignty over a particular piece of land
- SOVERIEGNTY means that the state has the POWER to makes LAWS, defends its BORDERS & ENACT POLICIES
- SOVEREIGNTY is the ULTIMATE POWER within a TERRITORY
- The state EXERCISES a MONOPOLY on the LEGITIMATE USE OF FORCE
- NO group within its BORDERS are LEGALLY not able to USE FORCE without the PERMISSION of the state
- State= SOVEREIGN GOVT
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