POLS 3313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Constitutional Monarchy, Rational Agent, Rational Choice Theory
19 Sep 2018
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1979: gains full independence (part of the commonwealth). Constitutional parliamentary monarchy, led by allen chastanent (united workers. World"s second highest rate of nobel prizes per capita. Tourism accounts for the majority of the st. lucian economy. Bargaining process of arriving at a mutual agreement over terms of a contract. Assumption: war is instrumental and used to advance political goals. War should be more likely when states have similar capabilities. War should be less likely immediately following a war. Di cult to collect data on o ers and battles. Will challenge if they believe defender is weak. War can occur when a state wants to demonstrate resolve. Can happen even when there is a bargain preferable to war. Does away with the unitary, rational actor assumption. War is determined by social and cultural constructs. Divisible goods may be constructed in an indivisible way. Bargaining model is a useful means for understanding war.
