POLB80H3 Lecture Notes - European Debt Crisis, Okhrana, United Nations Economic And Social Council
6 Aug 2014
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Benedict anderson: a nation is imagined because the members of even the smallest nation will never know most of their fellow members, meet them, or even hear of them, yet in the minds of each lives the image of their communion. : anderson isn"t criticizing it though, mearsheimer: (realist) the state is here to stay for the long term, alex wendt: a world state is inevitable, emmanuel adler: regions wherein multiple states will settle their differences short of war. Rebellion occurs when grievances are suf ciently acute that people want to engage in violent protest. : but many cases of oppression do not lead to civil war, greed, people ght over wealth, resources, rebellions are enterprises, fuelled by pro t: funds from resources, diasporas, neighbors. Mercantilism/colonial expansion: anarchic system, focused on sovereignty, self help (survival, zero sum/relative gains analysis, trade protections states sacrifice economy for power, theory of hegemonic stability.
