PSC 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Multinational Corporation
4 Nov 2015
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Collective goods problem: balancing personal interests along with group desires. 3 solutions: dominance - force, reciprocity - states helping one another ( scratch my back , identity - sharing common ground and thus reacting. Sovereignty: internal - the state is the superior power in a territory, external - states are equal in the international sense (obeying borders/rights) International system: nations are seen as equal yet there is no court or consequences. Traditional - a branch of political science concerned with relationships and interactions among individual states. Expanded - a branch of political science concerned with states and non-state actors. How individual characteristics effect decisions: domestic - ex. Anarchical: states being powerful enough to act without punishment. Reasons: conflicting interests, politics, religion, power, security threats, ethnic issues, gaining independence. Globalization: as the world gets smaller, actions get easier and people become more connected. Economic competition (lack of regard for environment)
