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The Role of Force
Eerik Lagerspetzsubject
State (polity)Monopoly pricemedia_common.quotation_subjectEconomicsCoordination gameMonopolyMathematical economicsmedia_commonSimple (philosophy)description
Max Weber defined the state as an organization which successfully maintained the monopoly of legitimate violence over certain territory. This definition, simple as it is, raises several problems. Firstly, it should be noted that it is at best the definition of the modern State. There have been organizations which are, perhaps anachronistically, called states by historians or anthropologists, but which did not satisfy the definition.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-01-01 |