GINS 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Human Nature, Democratic Peace Theory, International Criminal Court

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Global and International Studies
• Course: GINS 1010
• Professor: Candace Sobers

Document Summary

Autonomy = freedom to do what want within borders. Nations are groups of people tied together by some common linkage of identity. States are political entities governing a defined territory. A theory is a set of propositions that help us understand events or behaviours. A good theory gives a good description on facts. Puts a logic on things (if a happens, then b must) At the core of a good theory is a thesis, definitions, and propositions. Anarchy is literally the absence of law/government. For realists, the absence of sovereignty creates anarchy. The state, definition from max weber: a human community that successfully upholds a claim to the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory force . A set of institutions: a human community . Claiming sovereignty: claim to the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical. Over a country and its citizens: within a given territory .