01:790:324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Models 1, Ideal Type, Complex Interdependence
21 Jun 2016
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Keohane and nye power and interdependence chs 1, 2 and 10. Dramatic rise in number and importance of international institutions. Questions of high politics in international relations. Primary object of study in world politics for the first time. Price of oil flows with capital and finance. Keohane and nye argued that interdependence needed to be taken seriously. Needed to be up front and center stage when studying international relations. Growing numbers were no coincidence: created by states because states found them useful for pursuing their goals. Keohane and nye were interested in international institutions of low politics. + states are more likely to cooperate for mutual benefit. State is not withering away; interdependent connections kept states in power. States have to work in conjunction with other states, international institutions, and non-state activists (multinational corporations) Growing density of connection between different societies. + flows of money, people, migrants, refugees, ideas, goods & services.
