POLS10200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Siege Of Melos, International Political Economy
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International relations: study of relationship between states. Also between organizations, transnational actors, and individuals. State: geographic territory that has recognized borders and a government. Government has a monopoly on the use of force within its borders. Ended 30 years war caused caused by protestant uprisings. Signed by england, france, spain, prussia, and russia. Sovereignty: each state is an organization with absolute authority within. French revolution and napoleonic wars (1789-1815) its borders and independent of other states. Nationalism: the world is divided into nations, each should have its own. Anarchy: no supranational authority exists above the level of states to regulate their state authority. International politics: no central authority ( no 9-1-1 in international politics ) Human equality: the weakest could kill the strongest. Living in a state of nature (i. e. anarchy) Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short life. Leviathan: a central authority that allows us to escape anarchy. Kinship with the spartans believed spartans would come to their aid.
