Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nogales, Arizona, Collective Action, Nogales, Sonora
25 Oct 2017
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Steve pinker"s thesis: our era is less violent than any era in human history (less likely to die by violence than any other era). Seen by numbers (since cold war, deaths annuallly ha(cid:448)e go(cid:374)e do(cid:449)(cid:374), de(cid:373)ocracies do(cid:374)"t fight as much anymore) Percentage of dying by violence fell from 15% to 3%. Creation of states, the state of commerce, economic interest has lowered violence. Chomsky: states generate large scale violence, moral progress alongside potential nuclear annihilation. Why does it matter: decisions are made that affect you, decisions are enforced. Example: island of hispaniola, same island, split into two different governments (dom republic and. Haiti), haiti is one of the most poor countries in the world, dom republic is wealthy. Haiti and dominican republic: different environmental conditions are mainly the consequence of political decisions. Nogales, arizona and nogales, sonora: same thing as haiti and dominican republic. Property rights, enforcement of contracts, distribution of power, constraints on power.
