POLS 051 Lecture Notes - Multinational Corporation, Wilhelm Leber, Munich Agreement

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 051
• Professor: Michelle Commercio

Document Summary

Introduction: january 17: what is international relations, subfield of political science, study of how states interact with one another, uses empirical questions, does not ask should questions, only why . War is inevitable: liberalism: while states want power, they also want cooperation, neither of these views is 100% accurate, this is merely a lens through with one can analyze political events. Haas age of non-polarity reading: thesis, we have moved from a unipolar to a nonpolar system since the. One power no longer projects dominance over other countries: non-polarity is bad, for the us and planet as whole, background info, multi-polarity: there is a number of states/blocks of states exerting most power in international political system. Has lead the us to be more dependent on foreign states. Many manifestations of globalization are beyond the scope of what states can control. Power of individual, sovereign state, including us, has decreased: america s image has been tarnished by actions abroad.