PSCI 2601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Thomas Hobbes, Signify, Occupy Movement
11 Oct 2017
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Background: polisci and ir understood as having 4 great debates. The third great debate had neo-liberalism and neo-liberal institutionalism: occurred out of specific historic moment in the 80"s, the usa was the dominant guy on the scene. We need historical laws, what is x doing that produces y: neo-realism and neo-liberal institutionalism, not the same thing. look at slides for clarification. From realism to neo-realism: realism says humans are evil and selfish and states try to maximize their own self-interests, neo realism starts from the international system instead of human behaviour. What matters most is anarchy compels states to compete for power. All states have to take care of themselves, there"s no gov"t to go to to ask for anything. You assume every other state in the system acts the same as you: all states are the same but have different capabilities simply telling us about how much power a state has.
