Table of Contents
1 Watson's Model
1.1 Types of States
- Community
- Ethic group, locale, etc.
- Political entity
- Community with governmental support
- System
- A system of 2+ communities with involvement
- Legitimacy
- A authority point/trust anchor of a community
1.2 Statuses of States
- Independent state
- Political entity w/ ability to make independent decisions both externally and domestically (note! it could be influenced by others, and still be independent)
- Hegemony
- A political entity within a system that is able to centrally influence the others' EXTERNAL relations
- Dominion
- A political entity within a system that is able to centrally influence the other's EXTERNAL and INTERNAL relations
- Empire
- A political entity within a system that is able to centrally control the other's ENTERNAL and internal RELATIONS, other political entities in the system are not independent states
See also KB20200825121700 Hux's reading of Watson