POLI 2057 Lecture : Mokeba Notes 1
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"myth: 1648 - when world affairs became world politics // countries became sovereign, end of 30 year war -- treaty of westphalia, today - globalization. Study abroad elevates oneself from other ordinary americans. Ir deals mostly with nation states (countries: true, but they are not alone -- other actors, palestine: nation but not state. Some countries are nations but not states and vice versa, so nation-state is best descriptive term: nation - group of people who identify w/ common symbols (history, culture, language, aspire toward statehood (kurds, palestine, cajuns?, quebecois, catalans, scots) Igo - international governing organization -- un, eu, nato: mncs - multinational corporations. Individuals - we are part of global system // vary in influence // vote for world leaders (sometimes: realism - power; country controls own destiny; own security is most important, world is comprised of anarchy.
