POLS1201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Liberal Democracy, Liberal International, Good Governance
Lecture 11 - The Changing International Order
The Liberal International Order:
political, economic, and strategic order
consensual and reciprocal relations
not stagnant - fluctuate
overcomes problem of anarchy through co-binding
Institutionalised cooperation
mutual constraint: behaviour evolves as a pattern - predictable, restrained, based on
law, alliances, and economic interdependence
US-centric
legitimacy of US hegemony?
Transnational relations forge networks between hegemon and less powerful states
Economic openness
Free trade connected to spread of liberal democracy
Institutions
UN, NATO, Bretton Woods
Identity
widespread civic identity
democracy, human rights, good governance, capitalism, toleration
Globalisation
carrier of economic growth, jobs, etc.
Hierarchical vs. horizontal
more engagement with liberal market principles -> Less engagement with social
provisions
less engagement with human rights
retreat of state from providing for rights of citizens
= resistance
Challenges to the LIO
Crisis of the LIO
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Document Summary
The liberal international order: political, economic, and strategic order consensual and reciprocal relations not stagnant - fluctuate overcomes problem of anarchy through (cid:1684)co-binding(cid:1685) Institutionalised cooperation mutual constraint: behaviour evolves as a pattern - predictable, restrained, based on law, alliances, and economic interdependence. Transnational relations forge networks between hegemon and less powerful states. Free trade connected to spread of liberal democracy. Identity widespread civic identity democracy, human rights, good governance, capitalism, toleration. Hierarchical vs. horizontal more engagement with liberal market principles -> less engagement with social provisions less engagement with human rights retreat of state from providing for rights of citizens. Crisis of the lio two key concerns: rise of the rest move towards multipolarity. Emerging powers will transform the international order- contribute to instability and rising/falling powers compete decline of the west. Legitimacy of the us challenges from within: rise of populism.
