GS232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Structural Violence, David Candy, Good Governance
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Gs232 week 3: the nature of peace studies (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) About working collectively to achieve common goals. Liberal: power needs to be constrained through human rights protections and the rule of law. Key points of contention summary of last week. The world is made up of a distinct set of separate communities. Realist obsession is pessimistic every trading partner you sign an agreement with could potentially be an opponent/threat down the road. Constant mistrust and mutual suspicion about which country is going to get stronger than us. Progress vs. continuity: realist: cooperation is very difficult given the nature of the anarchic system, liberals: cooperation is very likely, easy, mutual advantage history of globalization. Conflict: liberal: (i. e. canada) interest in resolving conflict all over the world (i. e. africa) because it"s a trading nation and the more the rest of the world is at peace, the more the country benefits.
