POLI 342 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Canada, International Law, Economy Of Japan

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 342
• Professor: Imad Mansour

Document Summary

Course objectives: understand the evolution of the ipe: trade, monetary relations. Ids: essay, feb 26th, paper (25%, 6 pages, focused on course materials, april 4th. Questions from poli sci: guns vs butter, role of international organizations, relationship between technology (or economic growth) and power. International sources of wealth: need for trade, relevance of foreign competition, gai(cid:374)s fro(cid:373) trade but . Questions from econ: popularity of protectionism, variance in the growth rates of states, consequences in the specialization of trade. Implicit and explicit rules and decision making procedures. Strength: binds actors, limits what they can do. Scope: what the regime covers, gatt>wto, nature, does the regime encourage the flow across boarders, opening vs closing. Ways regimes change: changes within the regime, changes of regime. Liberalism: governments pursue the interests of certain domestic actors. Emphasis on individuals: realism : it"s all about power and competition between states, marxism: class struggle shapes political outcomes.