POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Preventive War, William Wohlforth, Hegemony
5 Dec 2017
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Introduction: the enduring axioms of balance of power theory and their contemporary. 1 : the theory is very much european and relevant largely to land powers, which is why naval powers such as us and uk haven"t faced balancing coalitions: ch. 2: douglas lemke argues that great powers w/ domestic institutions similar to us institutions would benefit from the status quo while those w/ dissimilar institutions will likely take antagonistic steps but only when they reach parity: ch. 3: mark r. brawley argues that power and wealth are linked much more intricately than realists and liberals believe, and that europe is bandwagoning off of us to build up economic strength to one day be independent: ch. 4: christopher layne analyzes relevance of balance of power in face of terrorism: ch. 5: james wirtz gives inconsistencies in the theory based on state behavior: ch.
