GOVERNMENTS AND CITIZENS

IN A GLOBALLY
INTERCONNECTED WORLD OF
STATES
 THE FORMATION OF STATE

• State formation is the process of the

development of a centralized
government structure in a situation
where one did not exist prior to its
development.
 WHAT IS STATE?

• A "state" just refers to a patch

of land with a sovereign
government. States often
coincide with nations (and are
called "nation-states," but not
always.
 NATION AND STATE
• A state is comprised of four elements:
government, territory, population, and
sovereignty. If one element is absent, it
disqualifies the area from being called a state.
However, a nation can be defined as a population
who shares a similar culture and ideals. A nation
is formed as a result of a common race, religion,
language, territory, history, culture or political
aspirations. These elements are not essential and
are ever-changing.
 
 ELEMENTS OF THE STATE
• PEOPLE

• TERRITORY
 DISCOVERY AND OCCUPATION
 PRESCRIPTION
 CESSION
 SUBJUGATION
 ACCRETION
• GOVERNMENT
 (DE JURE) LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT
 (DE FACTO) ILLEGITIMATE
GOVERNMENT

THREE KINDS OF DE FACTO

GOVERNMENT
 REVOLUTION
 SECESSION
 OCCUPATION

• SOVEREIGNTY
THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
• Political Environment is the state,
government and its institutions and
legislations and the public and
private stakeholders who operate and
interact with or influence the system.
NATION-STATES SOVEREIGNTY
• According to one definition, "a nation
state is a sovereign state of which most of
its subjects are united also by factors
which defined a nation such as language
or common descent." It is a more precise
concept than "country", since a country
does not need to have a predominant
ethnic group.
 POLITICAL RISK
• Political risk is a type of risk faced
by investors, corporations, and
governments that political decisions,
events, or conditions will
significantly affect the profitability of
a business actor or the expected value
of a given economic action
 TAXES
• A tax is a compulsory financial charge
or some other type of levy imposed
upon a tax payer by a governmental
organization in order to fund various
public expenditures. A failure to pay,
along with evasion of or resistance to
taxation, is punishable by law.
 SEIZURE ASSETS
• Asset forfeiture or asset seizure is a
form of confiscation of assets by the
state. In the United States, it is a type
of criminal justice financial
obligation. It typically applies to the
alleged proceeds or instruments of
crime.
• INTERNATIONAL LAW
• COMMON LAW AND CIVIL LAW
• ISLAMIC LAW
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