Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mike Duffy, Current Biology, Law
23 Jul 2016
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Evidence: war is declining, democracies generally don"t fight other democ. , ancient history~ 15% dying from violence, modern times~ Explanation: existence of states, spread of commerce (trades), spread of reason (enlightenment period), humanitarian revolution, moral development in the last century and development of empathy, warfare counterproductive (makes poorer and weaker), Elections, demonstrations, policy decisions (education, environmental, nuclear, transit etc. [diff. environmental conditions. (most of dr is forested, haiti is 1% forested, hatiti poorest country other than africa but good gdp, haiti more farming, dr more tourism and has 74 natural reserves/ public parks, haiti has 4 parks. Haiti richer than dr in 19th century but changed due to governments. Chimpanzee politics~ competition, power, conflict, dominance strategies (alpha males) and alliances, winners and losers, territorial, hierarchical. Bonobo politics~ peaceful, gentle and loving, erotic and egalitarian, however not so nice cuz hunt and eat other monkeys according to study (current biology)
