INTR 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: International Relations

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: International Relations
• Course: INTR 301
• Professor: Mark Baron

Document Summary

Part iv: international relations is multidisciplinary due to its. The complexity of international relations tells us that the field of study is very inclusive. It includes every single possible thing that surrounds and pertains to inter-state relations (high politics and low order) High politics are any of the politics and international relations that have to do with life and death, safety and security. Ir also, however, deals with low order things (non life/death, ex: olympics, international hockey league, international musical talents that perform outside of their domestic country) International relations is a multidisciplinary field of study whose students, scholars, and practitioners work within disciplines and across disciplines to acquire and advance knowledge about international and inter-state relations. Political science as a discipline is defined as multi-paradigmatic (paradigm being essentially contested, but meaning most often = model) Each concept and theory is based around power (political science is the study of power; how it is acquired and how it is exercised. )