1. What according to Laski is " the keystone of the social arch” ?
The State occupies the most important place among all social institutions. It is “the keystone of the social arch”, as Laski says.
2. Discuss the importance of state ?
The State occupies the most important place among all social institutions. It is “the keystone of the social arch”, as Laski says. In the words of Finer” the state is the supreme social frame work. Without state there would be chaos and confusion in the society. It is not only a natural but also a necessary institution. It exists to control and regulate the behaviour of the human beings. It protects the weak against the strong, maintains peace and order and serves the common good life of all individuals. Man cannot live without the state.
3. What are the purposes of state ?
In the words of Finer” the state is the supreme social frame work. Without state there would be chaos and confusion in the society. It is not only a natural but also a necessary institution. It exists to control and regulate the behaviour of the human beings. It protects the weak against the strong, maintains peace and order and serves the common good life of all individuals. Man cannot live without the state.
4. Describe the city state ?
After the Oriental Empire there was the City-State in Greece around 1000 B.C. In fact, political theory may be said to begin with the Greek City-States. The Greek City-States were the first communities to have given conscious thought to “politics”. Although the Greek political institutions were probably not unique, yet they presented the most fully developed instance of a way of life and government for which evidence is available.
5. Throw light on the development of city states?
When the Greeks settled in Europe, they were divided into local communities organised on the primitive model according to clans and tribes. Each clan and tribe occupied distinct valleys and islands into which Greece was broken up by sea and hills. These valleys and islands, over the lapse of time, became centers of political life sharply different from the Oriental Empires. From the history of the Greek City-States, and especially from the history of Athens, we can trace how the tribal administration gradually gave place to the local principle in government, and how the local community was developed into the City-a new political type of governance. The Greek City was a true State in the modern sense of the term in which the political, economic, intellectual, and moral life of the people was focused on the central city.
6. Give brief notes on the political life in the city states ?
When the Greeks settled in Europe, they were divided into local communities organised on the primitive model according to clans and tribes. Each clan and tribe occupied distinct valleys and islands into which Greece was broken up by sea and hills. These valleys and islands, over the lapse of time, became centers of political life sharply different from the Oriental Empires. From the history of the Greek City-States, and especially from the history of Athens, we can trace how the tribal administration gradually gave place to the local principle in government, and how the local community was developed into the City-a new political type of governance. The Greek City was a true State in the modern sense of the term in which the political, economic, intellectual, and moral life of the people was focused on the central city.
7. What were the two integral ideas with respect to city states?
With the Greek City-State two ideas were integral.
(i)Each City was a politically organised State independent of others and proud of its independence. The Greeks never thought, and perhaps it was foreign to their nature, to merge their identify in any other City and to make a large unit of political administration.
(ii)The Greek City-State was deliberately limited in size and population. According to Greek political philosophy, the concentration of political,social and intellectual life at one central city was possible only when the State was small. Aristotle put definite limitations on the population and size of the State. He held that neither ten nor a hundred thousand could make a good State, because both these numbers were extremes. He laid down the general principle that the number should be neither too large nor too small. It should be large enough to be self-sufficing and small enough to be well governed.
8. What was Aristotle's idea of a city state ?
Aristotle put definite limitations on the population and size of the State. He held that neither ten nor a hundred thousand could make a good State, because both these numbers were extremes. He laid down the general principle that the number should be neither too large nor too small. It should be large enough to be self-sufficing and small enough to be well governed.
9. What did being a citizen of city state imply ?
The Greek City-State developed to the stage of a conscious effort directed to the realization of liberty and equal laws. It was a great experiment not only in the art of self-government, but also in quest of virtue. To be a citizen of the State did not merely imply, in the Greek view, the payment of taxes and the casting of a vote. It implied a direct and active co-operation in all the functions of civil and military life. A citizen was normally a soldier, a judge and a member of the governing assembly. He performed his public duties in person; the Gods of the city were his Gods, and he attended all festivals. The State was, thus identified with society.
10. What were the primary duties of a citizen of a city state?
To be a citizen of the State did not merely imply, in the Greek view, the payment of taxes and the casting of a vote. It implied a direct and active co-operation in all the functions of civil and military life. A citizen was normally a soldier, a judge and a member of the governing assembly. He performed his public duties in person; the Gods of the city were his Gods, and he attended all festivals. The State was, thus identified with society.
