SOCI 265 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: World Trade Organization, Cultural Assimilation, Girondins
12 Mar 2014
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Central presupposition of this notion is that states can be treated as entities what happens if they"re divided = sophisticated realism accounts for this variable. Realism world is driven by competitive self-interest states predominantly search for their own security. Clausewitz: war is the continuation of politics by other means" instrument to achieve political aims. 2 states are the most important actors. 3 all states within the system are unitary, rational actors. 4 the primary concern of all states is survival. = competitive systems unless there is conditions under which co-existence is possible. State emphasises an interest in accumulating power (as material resources necessary to induce harm or coerce other states) Alliances are for mutual benefit or to ensure balance of power. War is thus a way to maintain balance = there is. Post-30yw = a period that realism would expect: colonial conflicts in defence of imperial interests = careful, staged, limited and calculated.
