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Chapter 1-General Matters of The State
Chapter 1-General Matters of The State
Evolutionary theory
Force Theory
The government emerged when all
of the people in an area were
brought under control of one
individual or group
The theory holds that the people to the Thomas Hobbes : people surrender power in order to
exchange for order and protection. he believed that
State the power to keep order in society. people didn't have the right to break this agreement.
Primitive community
• Matriarchy
• Patriarchy
Appearing a state
Slavery Possession
Capitalism
Communism
Depending on the type of the base stand it should following types of states:
▪ The feudal state – it means the dictatorship of the feudal class – large land
owners who exploited labor is economically dependent peasants;
▪ The bourgeois state – a tool of maintaining power of the bourgeoisie over the
working class, who, with personal freedom, forced to sell their labor power to
the capitalist;
▪ The socialist state – based on public ownership of the means of production
and is expressed in its policy interests of the general population.
=> Thus, under the formational typology, type of state is characterized primarily
by its economic base and social nature (shows what social class exercises
leadership of society).
Process of foundation and development of a state
SPECIAL PUBLIC
POWER
LAW
1.2. Characteristics of a state
TAX
1.3. Nature of the state
NATURE
Class nature
Social nature
1.4. Fuctions of the state
INTERNAL
AFFAIR
FUCTIONS
EXTERNAL
AFFAIR
1.5. The relationship between the state and
others social phenomena
State and
society
State and
economy
FORMS OF STATE
▪ Republic (from the Latin res public – state, public affair) is a form
of government in which the head of state (president) is elected
and replaceable, and its power-races seen as a derivative of the
power of the people or the representative body (Parliament).
Presidential republic
TYPES OF REGIME
. Parliamentary
republic
MONARCHY
REPUBLIC Semi-presidential
republic
Capitalism
dualistic
republic
Absolute Constitutional Roman Democratic
monarchy monarchy republic republic
People’s
republic
1.6. Forms of state (cont)
▪ A unitary state (from the Latin the unus – one only) – a single,
fused state, all or most of whose territory is divided into
administrative territorial units (UK, Italy, Spain, France, Denmark,
Sweden, Thailand, Poland, Hungary and others.). Such a state is
characterized by unity territory, citizenship, government agencies,
laws, currency, state budget, taxation and state symbols (flag,
emblem, anthem, state awards)
FORM OF STATE-
confederate state
TERRITORIAL STRUCTURE federated state
unitary state
POLITICAL
REGIMES