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Define Hobbes' social contract theory.

In "Leviathan" Hobbes describes the state of nature as a violent place where individuals live in constant fear of each other thus making their lives solitary, poor, nasty and brutish. Deprived from...
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What are the main challenges that the EU has posed to the European nation states?

The functioning of the European Union is founded on two foundations: The Treaties, and the enforcement of the Treaties. The Treaty on the Function of the European Union, TFEU, defines how Member States shoul...
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Could a state legitimately deny its citizens the right to emigrate?

Yes, the state could be legitimate in denying its citizens the right to emigrate. Requiring citizens to stay in the country is one way of ensuring their political obligation to support the continued existenc...
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What is Neoliberalism?

Neoliberalism can be understood as an ideology that emerged out of the end of the Cold War, marked by the Washington Consensus. The ideology originates from US domestic and foreign policy, and promotes “lais...
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Discuss the claim that power is the monopoly of the legitimate use of force.

Max Weber's claim, that power is the monopoly over the legitimate use of force, is, I believe, conceptually sound but morally flawed, for it implies that the base exercise of power is coercion. This essay sh...
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