| Question | Answer |
| Definition of state | It is a legal system settled on a territory by a population to satisfy its genera interests as defence, justice, economic relations... |
| Pluralism of legal system | The existence of a single political power binds together the participants in a given legal system |
| Characteristics of a state: | Territory, Sovereignty and people |
| Sovereignty | A state exercises its monopoly of force over a defined territory |
| Territory: | Dry land, water included within the confines, continental shelf |
| People: | - Population: sum of individuals in a territory
- Nation: common traditions, history and culture
- Voters: people with rights to vote and decide for the state |
| Internet: | - Difficulty to access
- Crisis of the concept of citizenship
- Diffulty to identify a jurisdiction |
| Feudal state: | - Feudal lord
- Organisation: Private agreements
- Scope: defend the land |
| Liberal state: | - separation between state and society
- rights
- separation of powers
- national sovereignty |
| Democratic state: | - multi-class society
- mass parties
- second generation rights |
| Forms of government: | Rules about the distribution of power: Parliamentary executive, Presidential executive, Semi-presidential and directoral |
| Government classification: | - whether if the head of a state is the head of its government
- incumbents are popularly elected or not
- incumbents serve for a fixed term |
| Electoral systems: | - shape democratic governments
- express citizens political representation |
| Characteristics of electoral systems: | - Direct democracy: voting directly to policy decisions (referendum, initiatives and recall)
- Participatory democracy: only fewcitizens decide the future of a state after being elected by the others |
| Role of technology: | Pro: new possibilities to vote, social media, digital signature
Contro: Cybersecurity, theft of identity and inability to access. |
