POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: American Experience, Status Quo, Politics Among Nations
3 Oct 2016
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Politics among nations- morgenthau: a realist theory of international politics. Theory of international politics isn"t an abstract, but rather empirical and pragmatic. Two schools of thought: rational and moral political order can be achieved here and now, trusts education and reform, the world is inherently imperfect and can"t be made perfect, only better. Work to develop a better system of checks and balances (realism) Six principles for political realism: politics are governed by laws that have their roots in human nature, interest is defined in terms of power, realism doesn"t fix the meaning of interest (power once and for all). Realism= how things are, rather than how we want them to be: the science of international politics. There are different approaches to understanding international politics. Purposes: detect and understand the forces that determine international political relations, comprehend how these forces act upon each other.
