POLS 2940 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Homo Economicus, Economic Liberalism, Arms Control
15 Apr 2013
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Not about what the world looks like but about what is possible in the world. Emphasizes international law, morality and international organization rather than power alone to influence ir. Good habits, education & appropriate international structures. Human nature can become the basis of peaceful and cooperative ir. Ir was seen as a community of states with the potential to work together to overcome mutual problems led to the creation of the league of nations. Believed that idealist look too much at how the world ought to be and not how it really is set out to understand the principles of power politics w/o succumbing to wishful thinking. Provided theoretical foundations for the cold war policies of containment and the determination of u. s policy makers not to appease the soviet union and china. [anarchy assumption] idealism isn"t just wrong it"s dangerous. Nothing can stop them unless they are stronger. High politics mean he survival of the state.
