INTS 1500 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Decommodification, Social Democracy, Security Studies

• School: University of Denver
• Department: International Studies
• Course: INTS 1500
• Professor: O' Dell Roni

Document Summary

Readings: promote cooperation, high standard of living, equality, but not at, soviet command style where state controlled all economy, us market system where capitalists/individuals controlled (cid:498)the middle way: swedish social democracy(cid:499) )pe (cid:523)(cid:884)(cid:885)(cid:883)(cid:524) Decommodification: taking items on market and making them rights, primary goal of sap. Goal is to use power of a large number of producers, rather than consumers: to coordinate production and distribution, get best price for their output, gain autonomy and operate democratically. Definitions: 3 views of security, state centric, new security studies, difficult, shift in perception, state security doesn"t always result in protecting self, int"l security, marx organized violence and political economy, human security. Problem: melting of the sub antarctic tundra. Co2 emissions crossed 400 ppm for first time. Smith- (cid:498)capitalism and the destruction of life on earth: six theses on saving the (umans(cid:499) (cid:523)bb(cid:524: thawing and releasing of methane accelerate global warming, overthrow economic system impossible.