Introduction, definitions
Politics.
.
In a time when nation states where clearly defined by the boundaries of
the Polis, and wars where not fought with atomic fire, but in the phalanx,
shield-wall to shield-wall, Aristotle writes in his work that Politics...
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Introduction, definitions
Politics.
.
In a time when nation states where clearly defined by the boundaries of
the Polis, and wars where not fought with atomic fire, but in the phalanx,
shield-wall to shield-wall, Aristotle writes in his work that Politics are the
‘affairs of state’ (Hammerton 1936).
The codification of his writings and
of his philosophical contemporaries arguably form the foundation to the
politics which modern Western countries are built upon.
In this essay I shall define politics by the simplified term social relations
[on either a macro or micro scale; between individuals, or between
nations], and political processes as the metaphorical cogs in the machine
that makes these social relations work.
Nation State…
In this essay I define a nation-state as a recognised political entity, that
has defined national borders, territory and a population.
(McLean
2003).
I will use this term to refer to both countries and collections of
nations arranged within alliance struc
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