POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Security Dilemma, International Regime, Neoliberalism
11 Mar 2018
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Preliminary comment: many varieties of liberalism in the ir literature (utopian, idealist, pluralist, regulatory, institutional, etc) Odd choice of terms, obviously, but captures a central assumption of most liberal. In other words, whether or not a nation is a democracy (or republic) is important for. Basically, the discussions of the various forms of liberalism often involve very, very fine discriminations more like minor debates than major ones: is light blue less blue than dark blue, sort of thing. Outside the state: the idea is that if a handful of individuals run the government (monarchy aristocracy), they will be more aggressive in their behavior towards others. Idea is fairly straightforward: the less representative the polity, the greater the potential. Within the state: the idea is that if a handful of individuals run the government (if it"s an. Why would they be more aggressive towards others: because they don"t bear the actual costs of war.
