INTA 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Anomie, Neoliberalism, Competitive Advantage
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Hegemonies must control 4 things: competitive advantage, access to resources, market control. To analyze the relationships between hegemony and cooperation, we need a concept of cooperation that is somewhat tart rather than syrupy-sweet. Harmony: each actor"s policies are regarded by others as facilitating the attainment of their goals, harmony does not exist. Cooperation: each actors policies are regarded by others as hindering the attainment of their goals and attempts are being made to adjust policies. Discord: each actors policies are regarded by others as hindering the attainment of their goals and attempts are not being made to adjust policies. Prisoner"s dilemma: rational choice models have great value but cannot be applied mechanically to world politics. , choice and constraint, egoism and anomie. Anomie: a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values. International regimes: general principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures specific.