POLS 110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Power Transition Theory, Democratic Peace Theory, Image Analysis

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 110
• Professor: David Haglund

Document Summary

A word or two on the law of war. Two legal means: self defense and if the un security council allows it. Hard power ( aggregate capability: can quantitate power. Ex military strength) vs. soft power ( power of influence) U(cid:374)derdog(cid:863)- major power will fight to maintain its hegemony from rising power or rising. Navel building race between germany and great britain lead to rising tensions. Liberal democracies do not engage in warfare with each other. There is no example from history of a. Democracy fighting another democracy that shares similar liberal principles (rule of law, free market, Capitalism, representational government, checks on power etc. ) The long peace britain and united states have not engage against each other since 1812. The (cid:862) mado(cid:374)(cid:374)a versio(cid:374)(cid:863) we are living in a material age. All industrialized countries need raw materials in order to survive. Radical revisionists- look at american foreign policy from a material perspective.