POLI 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Complex Interdependence, World Trade Organization
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What kind of system are we in today: actors structure (rules) interactions (behaviour) State system: have military power, have force and power in general. International organizations: igos (un, wto, ngos (greenpeace, amnesty international) Multinational corporations: exxon / walmart / google. Non-state actors / individuals: rebels / armed groups, criminals, terrorists, transnational networks, social movements, moral entrepreneurs. Structure: ordering principles (rules of the game); how parts arranged. Interactions (relations / processes): i. e. competitive, domination / exploitive, cooperative, unstable (global environment, anarchical (realism, hierarchical (marxist / critical , interdependence (liberal, international society) Interactions (relations / processes): i. e. , competitive / exploitive / cooperative / unstable (global environment) Realist: international system of states in anarchy = balance of power competition; all must complete for (military) power to survive. Liberal: globalized system with plurality of actors (states, io, ngos, individuals, business) characterized by complex interdependence / cooperation through institutions.
