PO102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, International Political Economy, New International Economic Order
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Politics: activity related to influencing, making or implementing collective decisions for a political community. Usually the most bitter issues are ones that affect us directly and on a local basis. Ie) where to put a garbage dump vs how much $ to give to the imf. In canada there is government at all levels: global organizations like the un (not gov) 9/11, taking on usa (an influencing leader) that statement symbollicaly was an attack on the head of the glo(cid:271)al e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455) (cid:449)ho did(cid:374)(cid:859)t thi(cid:374)k the(cid:455) (cid:449)e(cid:396)e (cid:448)ul(cid:374)e(cid:396)a(cid:271)le. Led to the occupation of iraq: nato allies us vs france. Increased airport security: the ripple effects are huge. Concept: a general idea, usually a big one, changeable (debates about the definition, tends to be abstract, examples. Involves interpretation so can be interpreted in various ways: democracy. From last class: government is a conflict manager.
