IAFF 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gender Inequality, Information Revolution, International Studies
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Scientific usage: empirically grounded, a set of concepts/ propositions about how things work, paradigm, a broader framework accepted by a scientific community, contains core assumptions, concepts, methodologies; may contain several sets of theories. International system: anarchy, no security guarantors -> endemic security concerns, states must look out for their own security (self- help, uncertainty compounds insecurity. Structural realism: neo-realism: system generates a general tendency toward competition (waltz, defensive realism: states seek security. Can cooperate under certain circumstances, depends on the intensity of security dilemmas (jervis: offensive realism: states seek to maximize power and pursue hegemony, competition is intense (mearsheimer) Motivational realism: motives/ goals of states vary. Inter-state relations: arms races, crises, cause of war. Institutions norms don"t matter when security is at stake: human rights are secondary, outlooks, from pessimistic to conditionally optimistic. Liberalism: terminology: domestic politics: liberals vs. conservative, democracy studies: liberal vs. illiberal democracies. International agreements/rules/ institutions that promote cooperation/ stability/ order.
