POLI 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Democratic Peace Theory, Amartya Sen, 1997 Asian Financial Crisis
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Potentially very powerful predictor / explanation: if virtually every actor would (have) act(ed) the same under the circumstances ( house on fire ), don"t need other factors parsimonious / good first cut . Deterministic: things had to happen that way : rise and fall of great powers = great power war. The unit level: domestic politics / organizational behaviour. What"s at stake: properly diagnosing who/what is responsible for major events like, i. e. economic meltdowns out of control globalization or domestic policy? (theories: imperialism) Thailand & asian economic crisis 1997: who is to blame: neo-liberal global economy or thai domestic policy: states: institutions of government, who rules and how, democracy, authoritarian, dictatorship, one-party state, military rule, etc. ii. Commons. : liberalism: domestic politics solves problem of war. Democratic peace theory: democracies do not wage war: vs. each other.
