POLS 2940 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Neoliberalism, Socioeconomics

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2940
• Professor: Elizabeth Dauphinee

Document Summary

Liberal approach of power is that the individual has the power, power is in the hand of the individual, the individual is the core of reason, liberal individual enters society to maximize their interests. For liberals the state is analyzed as an institution, the institution of the state is impacted by the citizens of the state. For li(cid:271)erals the world is do(cid:373)i(cid:374)ated for the (cid:374)eed of (cid:272)ooperatio(cid:374), it s a (cid:272)riti(cid:272)al feature of i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al relations, states have to operate together in order to overcome the anarchical elements of the international system. Classical realists focus with how threat is viewed, main goal to maximize security strength. Power for marxists believe that it is a structural framework, focused on socio-economics, labor can take over means of production and redistribute wealth, power emerges from capitalists and class, in the international sphere,