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A State, Political Economy And Governance

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6104: STATE, POLITICAL ECONOMY AND GOVERNANCE

Assignment
Encountering state and citizenship in daily life

By
Rohit Singh
M.A. Previous socw 10965

WHAT IS STATE

The word nation is derived from the Latin word ‘stare’(to endure) and more specifically from “status”(a standing or condition). But this is a very old concept so, its relation in present context need to be answered. Max Weber 's,[7][8][9][10][11] which describes the state as a compulsory political organization with a centralized government that maintains amonopoly of the legitimate use of force within a certain territory.

Most of us are the members of a state and live within the borders of one. We become part of a state even before we become aware about it , the registration of our birth, government hospitals, roads,etc all are part of few examples. What should define a state has been a part of debate by many political thinkers. Some thinkers consider state to be the most important part for modern political theories and say that is stae that comprises of the the topic that one needs to study in in political theory i.e. rights,democracy,equality,liberty are all part of the relation between the state and those living within it.
The modern state arose between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries in Europe, and it spread to the rest of the world via conquest and colonialism.
There are different approaches o the state also
The functionalis approach to the state focuses on the role opurpose of the

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