PSCI 2601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Industrial Revolution, Nicholas Crafts, For Marx
21 Feb 2017
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Realism is seen as pessimistic fair to believe that we"re never going to be done with violence. The best way to maintain order is the mitigation of violence through the balance of powers. This week, we"re turning to one of the classic theories used in ir, developed by an economist. We"ll see how marxism speaks to issues of order and conflict. Often discredited, but a driver behind social programs: while some of this discredit is true, there are some aspects that are seen in our world from which these things sprout from, ex. Seems to be having a revival for two reasons: the end of the cold war and the break-up of the soviet union. The soviet union as an embarrassment for marxists it was an authoritarian regime that took the blanket of marxism to pursue dictatorial systems: seems to explain many of the global challenges we face today. Marxist analysis helps to understand why capitalism has pursued.
