What Do We Mean When We Refer to a "State

question 16

Essay

What do we mean when we refer to a "state" in world politics? Why must states have sovereignty? How has the notion of sovereignty changed over time?

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Systematic Bias

A consistent and pervasive error in judgment or procedure that leads to inaccurate conclusions or assessments, often resulting from a particular perspective or methodology.

Confirmation Bias

Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Principle Of Falsifiability

The principle that a scientific theory must make predictions that are specific enough to expose the theory to the possibility of disconfirmation; that is, the theory must predict not only what will happen but also what will not happen.