Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Total War, Cooperative Federalism, Central Authority
4 Oct 2016
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Woodrow wilson: national self-determination as the path to peace and freedom. Who"s a member of the nation, who isn"t: how can you sort and separate them, may require force, ethnic cleansing. Would lead to some of the most horrible outcomes of our time. Instead, maybe we should pool sovereignty - eu. Empires continue to collapse: ussr, 1991 - also see yugoslavia, new nations, new states. National self-determination struggles far from dead, even in the west: quebec, scotland, catalonia. States realizing they can"t do everything individually, and need a central authority"s help, but still hold veto power. Central authority: created by the states - original state units create the broader thing , holding veto power, capable of withdrawing at any time. Confederal arrangements (economy, protect against external threat: federations in development, temporary arrangements for mutual defence or cooperation (responses to temporary problems, intergovernmental organizations. Two distinct levels of government which: divide the powers of government, share sovereignty within the state.
