POLS 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Post-Communism, Royal Aeronautical Society, Multiple Choice

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2100
• Professor: Ian Spears

Document Summary

The goal of peaceful and stable states is to stop violent states from being violent. Political violence is common to virtually all states at one time or another. Most countries have violence, conflict, war, etc. at some point in their history. Ma(cid:454) a(cid:271)ra(cid:373)s a(cid:374)d (cid:862)what terrorists reall(cid:455) wa(cid:374)t(cid:863) Violence as a consequence of state collapse (or vice-versa) The absence of authority is often at the centre of conflict. Anarchy is at the centre of conflict (realism) State of (cid:374)ature (cid:894)tho(cid:373)as ho(cid:271)(cid:271)es (cid:862)le(cid:448)iatha(cid:374)(cid:863)(cid:895) - a state of war, of anarchy, people were dying. Anarchy prevents you from doing things, people are too worried about defending their lives. In a(cid:374) a(cid:374)ar(cid:272)hi(cid:272) e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, i(cid:374) tho(cid:373)as ho(cid:271)(cid:271)es" fa(cid:373)ous (cid:449)ords, life is (cid:862)solitar(cid:455), poor, (cid:374)ast(cid:455), (cid:271)rutish, a(cid:374)d short. (cid:863) Homicide rates in 13th century england were 10x higher than they are today. (cid:862)this (cid:271)ook is a(cid:271)out (cid:449)hat (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:271)e the most important thing that has ever happened in human history.