POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Neoclassical Realism, Dependent And Independent Variables
12 Mar 2016
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Liberalism lecture notes liberalism heavily critiqued by realism. Realist critique of liberalism early realists (morgenthau) criticized liberalists for being idealists , Kant known as more of a political philosopher or theorist, did not write about what was going on (made him seem utopian) Noted: democratic peace theorem, rooted in liberalist theory, stems from. Kant"s theory of countries being in peace with each other. The more democratic countries are, the more peace there is (historically, democratic coutnries do not tend to go to war) Moarvcsik argues that liberalism is a general theory a one size fits all, produces a coherent answer that is consistent in all levels, can withstand analysis. It provides a limited number of micro-foundational assumptions that links a broad range of previously unconnected theories and hypotheses: can be used to explain different outcomes. One key weakness of realism realism doesn"t explain change in world politics. Why do former enemies often become allies and trading partners: eg.
