Political Science 2231E Lecture 1: The Past is the Prologue
9 Mar 2017
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States, large and small (main political unit of international system) Intergovernmental organization (igos: non-state actors, ngos, multinational corporations (mncs, transnational networks and movements. A world of states: almost 200 states, borders of states do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)oi(cid:374)(cid:272)ide (cid:449)ith (cid:272)ulture; e(cid:454). Kurdish straddles turkey, iraq, iran, armenia treated as rebels and terrorists when trying to have their own state. Population distribution: asia at top of hierarchy, esp. Standard measure for assessing overall economic activity of a country: gross domestic product can be measured in absolute and relative (account for population; avg economic activity per person = gdp per capita) terms. Define power: human wealth, health care - france is the best, ranked #1 by who, how many of these categories could the us be included. Innovation - cars = germany/italy/japan in: norway is very respected in ir, one of the biggest contributors to foreign aid, 3rd party mediation, hosted.
