PSC 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Power Transition Theory, Mutual Assured Destruction, Democratic Peace Theory
6 Nov 2016
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History: third world democratic; issues: inequality and crime. India- poverty, inequality and lack of infrastructure- a third world- democratic. China, brazil and india: democratic peace theory: democracies do not go to war with other democracies. Norms when democracies engage with each other, they seem alike and have similar interests and ideas. They believe the stable system is the bipolar system. Bipolar > unipolar > multipolar: hegemonic stability theory: having on hegemonic makes it more stable; being at the most stable point; with this, there is more liberal theory and more peace involved making one person in control. Unipolar > bipolar > multipolar: power transition theory: divides the world into tow coalitions: satisfied states and dissatisfied states; the stronger a state is, the more likely that it is satisfied with the organization of the intern. Risk of war when countries see an opening/ window, they go to war.
