ECH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ontario Scholar, Rationality, Political Repression

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

Document Summary

Chapter 5, end of 7, and chapter 8 are very important for the midterm. Historical overview of violent conlicts and internaional relaions (1900-2015) *check online for research paper guidelines* (very important) Ontario scholar portal (search greed & grievance for more informaion) Greed and grievance in civil war (paper on scholar portal helpful) Explain the current situaion in syria (rebels vs. government: biological (ch. States of nature: constant anarchy where individuals are enitled to use force to serve their interests, everybody constantly under the threat of death at the hands of others, renounce freedom in the name of security. Main assumpions: human beings are raional actors, human beings are egoisic and will always look for their own interest, human beings are naturally predisposed for survival and violence. How and why insurgent groups from: what are the root causes of violent engagement. Why ordinary people support and join insurgent groups: intrastate wars are the key to understanding this.