2.
Possibly future
states, eg. Scotland, Quebec,
3.
Violently trying to be a state, eg. Chechnia, basque, Transnistria, Kurdistan,
China #1 fan of sovereignty
2008 russia/Georgia war
Georgia sovereign in 1998
Abkhazia/South Ossetia didn’t want to be part of Georgia
Biggest sovereignty supporters
1.
China
2.
Russia
3.
Spain
4.
Burma
5.
Sudan
6.
N. Korea
War on drigs, war on terror, internationalism is overcoming sovereignty
State or not a state
1.
Africa: N
2.
South Africa: Y
3.
Tibet: N
4.
Tajikistan: Y
5.
Greenland: N
6.
Somalia: Y
7.
Middle East: N
8.
East Timor: Y
9.
Palau: Y
10.
Kurdistan: N
11.
Lesotho: Y
12.
Puerto Rico: N
13.
Vatican City: Y
14.
Kosovo: N
15.
Scotland: N
16.
Taiwan: N
17.
Texas: N
The Political Left and Right
Who controls the state
Conservative
1.
Preserving societal structure/ government
2.
Increase power in fewer hands making more rules, less individualism less freedom to
preserve societal structure, less control over economy,
3.
Concentration of power/total consolidation of power. Dictatorship.
Liberal
4.
Rights of the individual
5.
Political/economic power distributed between more people
6.
Total liberty total individualist, no laws nothing, free for all, no government no military,
no police.
Types of Government
World Political spectrum
1.
Left: little to no govt control, power in hands of everyone, anarchy
2.
Right: complete govt control, power in hands of few, fascism.
Anarchy: no anarchic state anywhere
Communism:
1.
We associate it with dictatorship but its not
2.
Communism is political and economic system in one
3.
No communist states
Direct democracy:
1.
Everyone (the people) votes on everything
2.
Communism/ democracy close neighbors on the political spectrum
Multi party representative democracy
1.
Common on the world stage
2.
Uses representatives
3.
We vote in representatives
4.
People still hold the power
One party state
Theocracy
1.
Ruled by religion
2.
Eg Vatican city
3.
Better e.g. Iran
4.
Ayatollah make ultimate decisions
Monarchy
1.
One family line
2.
China, great Britain, france
3.
Saudi arabia is a monarchy
Military government
1.
Military has taken over govt by force
2.
eg Burma
3.
2011 Myanmar-burma junta dissolved
4.
Best eg Thailand
Dictatorship
Fascism
1.
Hold all power of the state, they are the state
Dictatorship is someone who has come to power by force, fascism is someone who has been
given the power
Global Patterns of Governance
Global trends of governance
Serious shift to the left in last 100-200 years
Multi-party/representative democracy is all the rage
The Americas:
Representative democracy in US
European Eurasia
Predominantly center left
Moving right
Theresa may, pm of uk, conservative
Angela merkel, chancellor of germany, center right
Mariano rajo, pm of spain, center right
Matteo renzi, former pm Italy, center left
