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  #1 mstayman on 08 Sep 11

   

  States: organizations that maintain a monopoly of violence over a territory
  Government: elite or leadership that administers a state
  Legitimacy: the extent to which a government's authority is regarded
  Traditional Legitimacy: state is obeyed because of long tradition
  Charismatic Legitimacy: identification with magnetic appeal of leader
  Rational-Legal Legitimacy: system of institutionalized laws and procedures
  Strong States: can perform basic tasks of defending borders
  Weak States: cannot defend their borders
  Failed States: weak states that lose all legitimacy
  Unitary States: concentrate political power in nation's capital
  Federal states: divide power between central state and regions
  Devolution: handing down of power to regions

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">States: organizations that maintain a monopoly of violence over a territory <br /> Government: elite or leadership that administers a state <br /> Legitimacy: the extent to which a government's authority is regarded <br /> Traditional Legitimacy: state is obeyed because of long tradition <br /> Charismatic Legitimacy: identification with magnetic appeal of leader <br /> Rational-Legal Legitimacy: system of institutionalized laws and procedures <br /> Strong States: can perform basic tasks of defending borders <br /> Weak States: cannot defend their borders <br /> Failed States: weak states that lose all legitimacy <br /> Unitary States: concentrate political power in nation's capital <br /> Federal states: divide power between central state and regions <br /> Devolution: handing down of power to regions</div>

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