POLB81H3 Lecture Notes - American Imperialism, Eric Hobsbawm, Obama Doctrine
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End of liberalism, and going through marxism and constructivism. ), test cases for how you can judge for whether something is realist or liberal. The liberal solution: state of nature not as bleak (john locke, domestic analogy: institutions solve the problem of anarchy, the quality of institutions affect the stability of the solution. We"ll have democracy within all states, ensure that there is cooperation: economic and social interaction across borders should be encouraged, modern reading of the kantian peace democracy, trade, international organizations. Laissez-fairel minimal governmental intervention in economic affairs. They want to have as much profit as possible, are we going to pick the option that will give us the best profit possible. War will erode these benefits ergo . Encourage people to trade, the more people that trade will work against. Individuals that trade would not want war, against your interests. war.
