State Sovereignty and Types of State

A Liberal State emphasizes the rights of property, liberty, and happiness.

Illiberal democratic states like Russia and Malaysia have free and fair elections.

The Developmental State partners with the public sector to develop the economy.

Social Democratic States focus on securing greater social and economic inequality.

Authoritarian States like Iran and North Korea always hold fair elections and show accountability.

According to Thomas Hobbes, achieving people's security legitimizes the state.

Aristotle's idea of good government is that it is the government where the rulers aim at the well-being of the state and all its citizens.

Comparative Politics studies ideas and political philosophy in different countries.

According to Max Weber, the state has the right to use physical force but not the monopoly over it.

Permanent Population is one of the components of the state according to Professor Mohamed Bin Huwaidin.

Sovereignty refers to the supreme authority of a state over its territory and people.

International relations studies politics within a country's borders.

Plato believes that conflicting interests of different parts of society cannot be harmonized by good politics.

According to Aristotle, a symbol of good government is rulers ruling in the interests of a sectional interest.

There are five classifications of good government according to Aristotle.

Political Science is a natural science discipline that studies politics.

Good Governance principles can be applied through politics to achieve the goal of securing human well-being.

Politics is not an inevitable feature of all societies because it only deals with managing similarities.