POLI 381 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Liberal Internationalism, Good Governance, Emerging Power
5 Feb 2019
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Introduction: liberalism is a theory of both government within states and good governance among states and peoples worldwide. For idealists, persuasion was more important than abstract moral reasoning: liberal thought at the end of the twentieth century became grounded in social scientific theories of state behavior. Cooperation among rational egoists was possible to achieve if it was properly coordinated by regimes and institutions. The challenges confronting liberalism: liberal internationalism 2. 0, which is associated with the post-1945 period, is in crisis. The ability of the united states to steer world order is diminishing, rising powers want a greater share of decision-making authority, and new security challenges are opening up significant divisions among the major powers. If ikenberry is right and liberal internationalism 2. 0 is in decline, it is not clear what is going to replace it. If 2. 0collapses, then the world is back to the inter-war period when the. League of nations could not live up to its promise.
