Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Egotism, Selfishness, Party System

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Charles Jones

Document Summary

Approaches to ir: realism: a power politics model, emphasizing: a) anarchy: duality state: order within, anarchy without- realists most focused on anarchy in international realm, egoism: selfishness- self interest- egoistic actor focused on self- interest. Security comes through self interested state actors acting to balance power in system. Distribution capabilities system -> state behavior (multipolar= balancing state behavior, not inclined to engage in conflict across globe vs bipolar= zero sum conflict- usa vs russia, loss to one side gain to another) Anarchy -> international structural system -> influence behavior -> units within structure= different behaviors. Structural party system dictate party behavior, same as motives of states driven by structure. Waltz: we look to how international order is arranged and see states as influenced by constraints/opportunities identified by system: liberalism: an interdependence model emphasizing: a) States have beliefs/identities that influence their behavior; states operate in systems of norms influencing state behavior.