POLI 243 Lecture 6: POLI243 Lecutre 6
26 May 2016
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Bounds of power: if you know the distribution of power in a system, you can make predictions about alignment. Stephen walt: balancing versus threat, not power. Interpretation of distribution of power and actors on the other side. If we can rigure out how the motif is interpreted. You have to start borrowing things from inside states. System level tells us part but not everything. Walt talked about a system level policy called bandwagoning. This is a term from american politics that refers to something that happens in american political process: there is competition within each party for presidential nomination (eg: bernie vs clinton). Bandwagoning: jumping on the bandwagon and joining that person because you cant beat them. You hope they are successful because it will mean something for you as a member of the same policy. The most rational thing sometimes is to join the threat (if you can"t beat them, join them. )
