SOCI 265 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hegemonic Stability Theory, Hegemony

• School: McGill University
• Department: Sociology (Arts)
• Course: SOCI 265
• Professor: Lindsay John

Document Summary

Presuppositions: no higher govnt than state, sates can calculate and have the same level of capability at it, states want to maximize power, econ, stability etc. Problems: not all states rationalize the same, states aren"t always a given, capstone vs organic states, states came from war to begin with. Liberalism: bismark wanted to prevent war on two fronts, frederic the great always changing allies. Doyle liberal states dont fight eachother (almost true: does aknowledge how they are mean to others though. Kant: 3 things to prevent war. Needs to be a treaty between liberal states. These states must be open to outsiders (free trade etc: kant likes states creastes diversity, also believes that liberal states can never just band together and attack non liberal states. Ideally you apply realism to liberalism in order to add checks and balances: what makes liberalism great is its institutuins of checks on the govnt. Needs to be more regarding war however.