POLSCI 2I03 Lecture Notes - Counter-Revolutionary

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 2I03
• Professor: Andrew Lui

Document Summary

Exam content: cumulative, format the same as the midterm except an essay question. Regional organizations are increasingly important as gate keepers for international norms/community for outside peacekeeping. What we saw in libya was arab league approval, now we see unprecedented" battle action. The birth of the state (westphalia) and the rise of nationalism in the first lecture. We started with the birth of the modern national state, today we talk about the political community and the ways the political community can get evolved in the international arena. Post-cold war there was an increase in civil war as well as waves of democratization with the fall of berlin wall and demise of soviet union. There was an emergence of new global norms for progress, for rights. The cold war essentially amassed the imperfections of the state; the notion that western and.