POL208Y1 Lecture 5: POL208Lecture5Oct.12
Document Summary
What is power, a topic we will need to answer in the paper. Powerr: what is the most compelling way to think about power. Us marine corps thought to have more power than isis. We tend to think state powers have more power than non state powers. But states have struggled to maintain actions against entites like isis. Perhaps isis not being a state has certain powers state powers can"t overcome. The states could not fix this famine in liberia, but ngos were able to come. In many cases ngos can actually do more than states up with policies to resolve this famine. World health organization could not resolve ebola as fast as msf (doctors without borders) which could act much quicker. Walmart cooperation (biggest cooperation) has a lot of economic power and influence. How does walmart respond to protests regarding their actions. Lots of campaigns for worker rights agaisnt walmart. Walmart had to deal with environment concerns and unionization.
