PO221 Lecture Notes - Unfree Labour, Security Interest, Surplus Product
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Do the readings questions midterm from readings tutorials help. Hegemont most powerful state keeps the world in line world politics is anarchic. Wars not inevitable can learn or prevent war through education and democracy. Politics not zero sum but based on negotiation, bargaining between different actors and interests. International system may be anarchical but doesn t lean to war, system based on laws and rules. Human nature is co-operative or at least can learn to be peaceful. Not everyone wants to fight were not just self interested . System based on groups of people with unequal power could be classes, races, ethics groups, gender, sexuality, global north vs global south. Other system of inequality = patriarchy, racism, heterosexism. States and other actors (mncss) are seen in terms of dominant group interest (have/have-nots. Conflict based on inequality global politics very broad includes a range of many actors and institutions. Has to do with power, authority and how its displaced or shared.
