PSCI 2601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Democratic Peace Theory, Sovereign State, Democracy Promotion
10 Oct 2018
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They think un is great: collective security: if states combine all their power and put it within the security. Council, then we will be less likely to go into war with each other: realism was one of the most prominent theories during the 1990s. Liberal order in crisis? it an illegal war: decline of american hegemony, rise of illiberal states, fall out of unipolarity, erosion of state sovereignty, new threats to the liberal order, a crisis of authority. Critical ir theory: they take ideas very seriously (ideas make a difference) Liberalism and realism: our theories about the world actually make us act in certain ways, theories we hold can become self-confirming. Ussr: marx believed most of us are being exploited, globalization is nothing new for marx, the relationship between marx and the ussr was tenuous at best. Karl marx (1818-1883: social world needs to be analyzed as a totality, historical materialism: he was greatly a materialist.
