POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Peace River Country, Spiral Model, Norman Angell
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Pol 208 lecture 3 september 28. Theory is not always reality, outlines something for a specific purpose: theory that includes everything is a useless theory. Steven walt everybody uses theories whether they know it or not . Can shape our actions whether or not we want it. Doyle ways of war and peace, triangulating peace. Keynes practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence are usually the slaves of some defunct economist : theory molds people in ways that we cannot always be aware of. We should always consider the time periods we place events in. Realism how to get from war/war to peace/peace. Thucydides the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must . Power (material) determine who gets what: world is conflictual and war-prone o. People are scared and suspicious of eachother: realists are concerned with national power o.
