POL208Y5 Lecture Notes - Democratic Peace Theory, Norman Angell, Unthinkable

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Nov. 5 domestic relations: state as rational, unitary actor. Standard approach has been to look at states as unitary actors. Look at the state with something with preferences (what it wants), and beliefs (what it thinks about environment) Foreign policy by a state is simply a matter of state actors trying to maximize their utility by what their preferences are based on their beliefs. Consistency in what state seek regardless of leadership changes focus of today"s lecture. Society: importance of domestic political and economic structures (a) democratic peace theory, argues that states are unlikely to fight wars against each other if both are democratic. As likely as states authoritarian states to get in wars. More likely to initiate wards than authoritarian states. Relations between democratic and authoritarian states are more war prone than relations between pure authoritarian states. But when following criteria, do not see major wars taking place (1) origins in kant"s perpetual peace.

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