ECH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Homo Economicus, Bounded Rationality, Instrumental And Value Rationality

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 1100
• Professor: Jean- Francois Ratelle

Document Summary

Ech1101 introduction to conflicts and human rights. Historical and sociological theories that usually emphasize factors influencing the behaviour of an entire group: top down analysis. To the contrary, economic and psychological theories of violent behaviour primarily emphasize individual actors: bottom-up analysis. Marxist theory: oppressive nature of society causes conflict. State will 1st ensure safety for survival. These focus on the behaviours of the individual unit (could be person, states, ethnic group) Lens where you look at the world- Macro level (structural approach) affect entire pop"ltn: necessary conditions although not sufficient", common in many societies, conflicts are not, conditions or alienation: poverty and lack of freedom. *top down analysis, on top of you. E. g. level of democracy, human development = factors affecting everyone but not in the same way. Meso level (group level approach: organization (e. g. insurgent or terrorist groups, ethnic groups. Core assumptions of most theories in s. s. If we discover that usa behaved irrationality in case of.