Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: International Monetary Fund, Niall Ferguson, World Trade Organization
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World order and global governance lecture 24. Military dimension of power: still important, military preparedness is still extremely important, not always usable, war in iraq as an example, sometimes counterproductive, american intervention in middle east after 9/11 weakened american soft power in the nation. Economic dimension of power: supports military power, fits era of independence, backs up military power but stands as its own power. Soft" power: co-operation rather than coercion, encouragement and inspiration values are extremely good and worth pursuing, spreads via culture and value legitimacy. Structural power: power over process process of decision making, of asking and prioritizing questions, of agenda setting above all, via regimes and institutions, build in the system a bias of your inclinations. Polarity: international systems similar to party systems, a pattern of interactions with causal impacts, a pole has an exceptionally large share of the major power resources.