POL208Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Security Dilemma, Complex Interdependence, Statism
28 Oct 2016
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Pol208 s1 l5: lecture 4 cont: security dilemma, sometimes you don"t know what your opponent is doing so this makes you take the necessary defensive measures to protect yourself. Ideas can really in uence how a state runs: sources of power: intangible power ( soft power ) is the ability of a country to persuade others to do what they want without force. An example is the us can also project soft power with the help of its ideals, values, institutions, technology and culture (this is one reason why they"re considered a superpower). Another example is beyonce; she shows nationwide issues within her music (this is a form of soft power). Institutionalism: institutions are mechanisms for actors and it can bring back regimes and institutions are maintained. 1: actors: states, self-interest, rational utility maximizers (rational calculations) International regimes can facilitate agreements by actors (even sel sh ones) 1: european powers, amidst anarchic environment, agreed on some principles.
