POLS 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Liberal Democracy, Immanuel Kant, Democratic Peace Theory
6 Apr 2016
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Liberalism is another theory in international relations: it emerged during the enlightenment and emphasizes the use of reason, it is diferent from realism in that it states that there is a possibility for progress. Realist often accuse liberalists of being na ve and too optimistic. Immanuel kant german philosopher: author of to perpetual peace , the conditions needed for peace to occur. There needs to be some form of international organization. All states need to have republican constitutions. States have to engage in trade relationships with each other. Domestic politics is emphasized by liberalists, while it is not included in realist theory. Realist see a state"s goals as ixed and unchanging, while liberalists recognize that diferent states have diferent interests and that these interests change over time. Liberalist claim: democracies are more powerful that non democracies: this is known as the democratic peace theory.
