POLI 244 Study Guide - Security Dilemma, International Regime, Neoliberalism
20 Dec 2012
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Highlights the importance of international institutions, help to overcome uncertainty. There is a structural dimension to it, distinct itself from other liberalism. International system defines by a lack hierarchy. interpreted by realist as security dilemma, interests define as mutual interest and collective interests and short term interests. Liberalism contest the degrees of security dilemma, presumption of short term thinking. Tries to show how actors can think of long-term goals. Neoliberalism doesn"t stress as much the importance of domestic politics. We tend to focus on wars because they were frequent, but ignore cooperation. In modern times, states persist and don"t worry all that much about survival. Prisoners dilemma, non cooperation only make sense if the interaction is one time. If we extend the game with repeated plays, we can cooperate. Principle of reciprocity, states respond to each other in reciprocal manner. A long as the response is good, cooperation continues. But we don"t know how to anticipate when states don"t cooperate.
