PSC 116G Lecture 5: PSC116G, lecture 5
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Institutions and anarchy: liberal institutionalists argue that institutions are best way to overcome negative aspects of anarchy. Institutions: sets of agreed upon norms, rules, and practices: formal: treaties, laws, organizations. Institutions help int"l cooperation by: monitoring (detect cheaters, enforcement (punish cheaters, coordination (transaction costs) International regimens: range of cooperative activity from formal institutions to shared norms. Example: world trade organization: started as a treaty and then grew/developed into a complete, elaborate organization, people cooperate with policies because they believe it will make things better in the long run. International organization: realism: they do not matter. They are merely tools of state interest: liberalism: io"s facilitate cooperation, provide and arena for communication, and redefine new norms. Critical theories of international politics: critical theories pose different answers to important questions of international politics, also serve as critiques of both realism and liberalism.
