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Month: June 2020

Civic Engagement/Democratic Governance

The Re-Emergence of the State and its Need to Tackle Inequality and Autocracy

June 28, 2020June 29, 2020 Gerardo BerthinLeave a comment

Historically the evolution of the State as a socio-political, bureaucratic, and ruling entity has responded to specific needs or demands of the society, sometimes generated by external processes, others by internal ones, and often by a combination of both internal and external factors.  For example, as farming developed, people ceased their nomadic wandering and private property became important and a more organized communal life needed to take shape.  In this context, the State evolved as a key actor to define, protect, and transfer private property.  Likewise, between the late twelfth and fourteenth centuries the move from a feudal system to city-states responded to the need of imposing some form of rule and security to vast uncontrolled land patrimonies. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the move from absolute monarchies and colonial territories to constitutional and independent states responded to the need for self-determination and the rise of civil society.  The aspirations for a less tyrannical form of government, and for equality have also driven the evolution of the State throughout the nineteenth, twentieth, and now the early part of the twentieth firs centuries.  What do the events in 2020 mean for the State moving forward?

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Civic Engagement/Democratic Governance

La Remergencia del Estado y su Necesidad de Enfrentar la Desigualdad y Autocracia

June 28, 2020December 27, 2020 Gerardo BerthinLeave a comment

Históricamente, la evolución del Estado como entidad sociopolítica, burocrática y gobernante ha respondido a las necesidades o demandas específicas de la sociedad, a veces generadas por procesos externos, otras por procesos internos y, a menudo, por una combinación de factores internos y externos. Por ejemplo, a medida que se desarrollaba la agricultura, la gente dejó su comportamiento nómada y la propiedad privada se volvió importante y se necesitó una vida comunitaria más organizada. En este contexto, el Estado evolucionó como un actor clave para definir, proteger y transferir la propiedad privada. Del mismo modo, entre finales del siglo XII y XIV, el paso de un sistema feudal a ciudades-estado respondió a la necesidad de imponer alguna forma de gobierno y seguridad a vastos patrimonios de tierras no controladas. Durante los siglos XVII y XVIII, el paso de las monarquías absolutas y los territorios coloniales a los estados constitucionales e independientes respondió a la necesidad de la autodeterminación y el surgimiento de la sociedad civil. Las aspiraciones de una forma de gobierno menos tiránica y de igualdad también han impulsado la evolución del Estado a lo largo de los siglos XIX, XX y ahora en la primera parte del siglo XXI. ¿Qué significan los eventos en 2020 para el futuro del Estado?

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