INR 2001 Lecture Notes - International Political Economy, International Security, World Trade Organization

• School: FIU
• Department: International Relations
• Course: INR 2001
• Professor: Danijela Felendes

Document Summary

International relations: meaning, relationships among world governments and connection of those relationships with other actors, international politics, interdisciplinary, subfields, international security, war and peace, international political economy (ipe) Collective good problem: how to provide benefits all members of a group no matter what member contributes. Actors in international relations: states are the most important actors, traditional studies decision and actions of world government. State actors: (what makes states: government, population, sovereignty, territory ex: nato, wto. Non-state actors: international organizations (igo, nongovernmental organization (ngo, multinational organizations ex. Four levels of analysis: individual, domestic (state or societal, interstate, global. Increasing integration of the world in economics, communications and culture: first view, global marketplace is growing and good, second view, north south gap, third view, transformationalist state sovereignty eroded by eu, and wto. Structures and principles of international relation are deeply rooted in historical.