POLI 260 Lecture 2: Week 2_notes.docx
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Note: the kissinger readings will not be uploaded for copyright. This week will be descriptive(we will describe what). From next week, we will analyze and explain why and how. Int"l: from feudal system to imperial system to interstate system. Domestic: from monarchy/autocracy to democracy (in many places) Globalization is not that new (2nd half century) Since decolonization, there was no repetition of empire. Good thing: we are not condmned to repeat the past. Wholeness: system functions as one e. g- division of labor. This system only works if only healthy ppl signs. If american mortgage market falls, gov"t will step in. When you have system, there will be unintended consequence. They invest on guns, in their own way. (threatens others, they buy own) Imperial (hub governs other states, british empire, french etc) Anarchic (units are independent each other, the business does not concern) Overlapping authorities at local level, no central authority at system-level.
