PAP 3365 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: International Trade, Economic System, Global Justice

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 3365
• Professor: Mahmoud Maesali

Document Summary

Moral incentive behind international development paradigms (1) realism. Main assumptions (sss: security: international system is anarchical and conflict-prone. All states must pursue power for their security (survive: statism: sovereign states are the most important actors. Then there is no enforcing international law that states must abide: follow the rules of peaceful co-existence if they find some interest in it. In order to survive states must try to increase their power by: conquest, alliance making (balancing the power, national development. Proposals: economic interdependence among states reduces occurrence of conflict and war, international cooperation has positive impacts for all in the world. It is a matter of win win game. It is like a learning process to understand the benefits. It also requires helping of other nations (morality to help) Implication for international development: a prosperous international life depends on a cooperative scheme.