POLI 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Treaty Establishing The European Defence Community, Sept, Complex Interdependence

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Political Sc
• Course: POLI 205
• Professor: Ara Karaboghossian

Document Summary

Liberalism=founding theory of ir > historical context + impact of ww1 + liberal resurgence after ww2 + liberal thinking > international organizations and instutitions + Rise and fall (baisse hausse) > democratic peace theory > end cold war-post iraq era. 1919 = etablishment of the discipline > study of relation between states. Flew from the practise as well as from the study of politics. Key liberal thinkers : erasmus(15-16), hugo grotius (16-17), adam smith (18), lincoln (19) Liberalism : optimistic about the human nature > jackson + sorensen. >capable of moral progress > particulary in democratic political structures. >state=induvidual units= induvidual living in a national society. >mechanisms : how states can choose to manage security > interactions in international relations-organizations-institutions. >different actors : un (security council), world bank, other institutions . >nature of state = war > creating modern formal and informal institutions > techno, communication, economy >modernization.