POLS 262 Study Guide - Final Guide: International Political Economy, World Politics, Great Power
19 May 2017
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Week 1 and 2: introduction to international political economy: the beginning of ipe begins after international relations. Ipe: involves knowing the details of countries and ties together economics and politics, consisting of the entire transformation of world politics. The evolution of international relations: paradigms and debates. The state: key actor in world politics (ir and ipe, central unit of analysis, represents, population, territory, international recognition, government. Hegemony: overwhelming political actor, us is hegemonic actor in world politics, power and influence of global affairs. Realism and ipe: power determines outcome, realism argues that if all states collide, there will be an anarchic system in which every actor pursues their interests, an issue of war and peace. Asymmetrical dyad: the relationship in global politics is unbalance / asymmetrical. Independent actors, non-state actors, and corporate actors are key to this bilateral relationship: an ethnocentric discourse: interests of west at expense of the other .
