POLSCI 3B03 Lecture Notes - Richard Stubbs, Aphorism, Comparative Politics
Document Summary
Markets are where buyers and sellers offer and exchange a variety of goods, services and information. So we will be looking at the way overarching international relations trends and events influenced the state and its relationship to markets within countries. In terms of international relations wars are important in shaping people"s lives". Charles tilly"s aphorism - wars make states and states make wars" - is especially important. He shows how wars have influenced the emergence of states in europe. In terms of wars and particularly the cold war an equation is particularly helpful: Perceived threat = perceived capability x perceived intent. This helps us to understand how washington and moscow saw each other and how they were willing to mobilize and distribute resources to europe so as to get it back on its feet. Seeks to exert exclusive legitimate control (by force if necessary) over a given population and territory (brought in ir definition of the state)