PLSC 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Maoism, Leninism, Gross National Happiness
18 Sep 2016
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International relations (ir) is defined as the pattern of interactions between nations. Globalization- effects all aspects of life- widening, deepening, and speeding up life. International events effect average citizens: war, employment, cost of living, human rights, environmental change, health. Theory- proposed explanation for the causal mechanisms that produce a phenomenon or a set of observed facts. (a theory is a causal explanation. ) Ir seeks to develop theories about world politics. Theories must: be generalizable, form a hypothesis, have dependent and independent variables, gather data/conduct research, have qualitative and quantitative properties. The country of bhutan is inhabited by buddhist people who reject the idea of gdp (gross domestic. Product) and instead base their wealth off of gnh (gross national happiness) Individuals are the primary unit: possibility of cooperation, rather than conflict, between states (nations, avoid war and conflict, believe the international system can be reformed, problems can be resolved, conservative- represents order.
