POL208Y1 Chapter 6: Chapter 6 Notes
5 Dec 2010
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Chapter 6: liberalism: liberalism is the historic alternative to realism. 20th century influenced policy-making elites and public opinion. all citizens are judicially equal and posses certain basic rights. education, access to free press and freedom of religion. the legislative assembly of the state possess only the authority the people give it and it can"t abuse the people"s rights. the individual has the right to own property (including productive forces) the most effective economic system is one that is market driven: conservatism says that it"s ok to sacrifice individual needs for community. the identity of the state determines its outward orientation. certain rights such as right to non intervention on domestic affairs. domestic analogy extension of ideas which originated inside liberal states to the international realm. just order: agree with realists that war is recurring feature of archaic state system (the ordering principle of international politics according to realism)
