POLI 212 Lecture Notes - Comparative Advantage, Vichy France, Term Paper

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 212
• Professor: Hudson Meadwell

Document Summary

Likely to be too divided to deliver as much solidarity, integration and: nation-state emerges in the 19th century political effectiveness than a nation-state, age of nationalism, nationalist expression, comparative advantage on other states in european interstate society. Domestic, political, social capability that would make state self- preservation easier in inter-european state society. Consequences of interstate anarchy: war is an option in an interstate society therefore its better to be part of something larger to be protected/military self- preservation. Economics geopolitical situation with economics: not a lot of free trade in europe therefore you have to depend, post war period war is not an option anymore for trade within state borders. Trade is now free instead of protectionism. Britain = composite state/union state: state dependent on certain policy/attitude towards cultural differences in its peripheries, british tradition of state formation = political cooperation, recognizes differences in cultural in the periphery (scotland,