POLD89H3 Lecture Notes - Supranational Union, Intergovernmentalism

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Outline: theories of global politics, liberalism, realism, radicalism, alternative theories. Social scientific study of global politics: comparisons, generalizations. Theory and evidence: hypotheses and assumptions, specifying and testing hypotheses. The study and practice of global politics: the question of policy relevance, the question of values. By the end of world war ii, three general perspectives on global. The perspectives lead their proponents to ask different questions, and they stress different levels of analysis in their explanations. Nevertheless, they often lead to contrasting explanations or predictions that can be tested and found to be more or less correct. The book aims to contrast explanations or predictions derived from the three perspectives: liberalism. Liberals highlight representative forms of government and respect for individual rights and hope that the spread of democracy would lead to peaceful relations among states. Liberalism emphasizes the benefits of collective security and rule of international law which limits countries" actions.

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