Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: High Politics, Complex Interdependence, Bourgeoisie

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2231E
• Professor: Richard Van de Wetering

Document Summary

Power compels, you can impose your will upon someone else. Difference of political power and military force. Morgenthau emphasizes this suggests political power works at a psychological level, military works at a physical level. Use of military force is a political failure. Nuclear weapons incredible power but are basically unusable. If both states have nuclear, using them is suicide. If only one state has them, usable because there is no threat of retaliation. Morgenthau says nuclear weapons should not be used because they will have an affect on the power of the country that uses them. Will ruin the reputation of the country. Focus on hard power political and military. Soft power has to do with culture and economics. Economic power includes both hard power and soft power. Wst the ones who control the capital means of production gain political power economic power leads to political power.