POLS 2940 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rwanda, Greenpeace
16 Sep 2018
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Pols 2940 introduction to international politics lecture week 1. International relations/politics vs. world/global politics: when the term globalization comes into play we are no longer discussing international relations. Ir vs. ir: sub-discipline within political science, whatever the terminology use; focus is on relations between (and among) various actors in the international/global system. Actors in international relations: states: all behavior in ways fitting of context, all members of the state have a seat in the united nations and can vote. Include: unicef, european nation, world bank, imf: regional organizations. Include: save the children, green peace: do good in the world , religious organizations. Levels of analysis: kenneth walks; system, unit, individual (man, state & war) Individual: unit/state, systematic, sub-regional; group identity, e. g. Globalization: the process of increased interconnectedness between societies such that events in the one part of the world have effect on peoples and societies far away, one thing can have an effect globally, e. g.
