POL114H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Strategic Defense Initiative, Cuban Missile Crisis, Democratic Peace Theory
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According to d. easton, politics is allocation: who gets what when and how. There are 3 ways of dealing with allocation: He says that command is necessary for politics. Karl schmitt was a fascist, a nazi leader. Very black and white, friend or foe, us vs. If you"re an ally, you"re bless, if not, war so war is inevitable. Evil acts are in uenced by bad institutions to act in self-interest. War can be prevented by eliminating these bad institutions. An act of war on one is on all. People are self-interested and politics just makes us more corrupt. Alliances increase security of state, but the loyalty of those alliances should always be questioned. Emphasize the importance of values like rule of law, free market, democracy, etc. States are not the only important factors in politics. Ngos, advocacy groups are signi cant sources of change. Global politics is de ned by interdependence so multiple nations rely on each other.
