PSCI 2601 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hegemony, Intertextuality, Statism
12 Mar 2014
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How to implement transnational solutions? no actor above the state can compel it to act in specific ways o: example: environment tragedy of commons, example: trafficking global citizen, not geographically contained, principles of liberalism = more hopeful. Interwar period: lessons are applicable war is not inconceivable, examples of each principle: some gov"t intervention is needed, more concrete / efficient security arrangements required, stable international monetary system, being separated into blocks created more divisions and separation b/w groups in different blocks* designed to rebuild europe (eu in or out, facilitation of international trade. Realism cannot accommodate non state actors within its analysis. four key premises: human nature is fixed, selfish, and evil, global politics is about competition for power among self seeking states that seek to maximize their national interests politics, the international system is defined by anarchy, war is a natural and expected outcome of international.
