Politics and the State
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Which approach to defining the state focuses on the role or purpose of state institutions?

  • Idealist
  • Organizational
  • Functionalist (correct)
  • Family
  • What is the central function of the state according to the functionalist approach?

  • To operate within civil society
  • To exercise authority through permanent institutions
  • To establish sovereign jurisdiction
  • To uphold order and deliver social stability (correct)
  • What does the idealist approach identify as the three moments of social existence?

  • Idealism + altruism + egoism
  • Family + civil society + the state (correct)
  • Sovereign jurisdiction + territorial borders + authority
  • Institutions + functions + roles
  • Which approach to defining the state associates any institution that maintains order with the state itself?

    <p>Functionalist</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the state defined as in the broadest sense?

    <p>A political association</p> Signup and view all the answers

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