POL208Y1 Lecture : 8 Evolution of International Community.docx
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Chapter 2- the evolution of international society, david armstrong. In the ancient world, this modern concept of an international society did not exist because of overlapping supranational religious authority like what existed in medieval europe and early. In india, complex religious norms were also observed; in china ir occurred in the context of cultural and intellectual richness and dynamism. Thirty years war (1618-1648) was a conflict over legitimate authority among different contenders- the papacy was one, habsburg empire stood for a kind of dynastic hegemony, holy. Treaty of utrecht (1713) ended war of spanish succession and promoted a just equilibrium of power". Sovereignty evolves to meet different circumstances- dynastic sovereignty gave way to popular sovereignty, right to national self-determination. Poststructuralism will not be on the exam: realism, liberalism, critical theory, post colonialism, third debate, constructivism. If you can synthesize lectures and reading material, that is where you jump: best exams are ones that are organized.
