POLSCI 2J03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Vietnam War, Problem Solving, Hegemony
19 Mar 2020
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Gpe is essential because of its epistemological and ontological pluralism. There are different variations of epistemology ie. positivist and interpretivist. Branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being. The units that make up the world we are examining. Ie. the economic naionalist perspectives examines stats as the main units within the gpe. Case studies vs large n studies (statistical data from a large # of countries. Us early 1970"s-- perception that they were losing their power. Decline of economic power lead scholars to investigate the link between international and domestic power. 2 there has been significant focus on the liberal economic perspective since the financial crisis of 2008. Global rivalry between the us and china due to its rising powers as an emerging market. Stressed the link between economics and politics. Discussion of capital powers in the early 1900s. Combined and uneven development that creates tension between different parts of the system.
