PSCI 2602 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bretton Woods System, Robert Keohane, Joseph Nye
19 May 2017
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Complex interdependence is the idea put forth by robert keohane and joseph nye that states and their fortunes are inextricably tied together. Westphalian world where states are not the only important actions or significant factors in political economy. Also, it reduces the risk of warfare because they are so dependent on one another. It"s like a security community where because their economic ties are so strong the idea of war ever occurring between them is impossible. He focused on the role of ideas and culture in explaining capitalist hegemony. A hegemon is seen as a class domination that is solely based on consent. Additionally, hegemony is not based on material power of just one superpower but is supported by hegemonic ideology that is in favor of capitalism. His ideas were influenced by the basic difference between russia and western europe thus he argued that the war of movement could not be effective against the hegemonic state-societies of.
