POLI 283- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 63 pages long!)

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 283
• Professor: Gavin Cameron

Document Summary

What matters in the world: culture, politics, conflict, economics, etc. Conflict and cooperation theme of this course (are ideal types: epitomize the complex and often contradictory nature of political interactions, cooperation refers to political actors proactively working together. Can operate within existing structures or lead to the creation of new structures. Can exist without government or state involvement. What you can do together to further interest. Cooperatio(cid:374) is e(cid:448)ery(cid:449)here, (cid:449)e just do(cid:374)"t (cid:374)oti(cid:272)e it a(cid:374)d is (cid:449)ay more common than conflict. Conflict takes many forms (does not mean war but problems) Can involve a full range of actors. Often the same global actors cooperate on some issues and conflict over others, example: china and taiwan. Complex relationships can be bilateral or multilateral. Example: usa and china, six party talks (dealt with north korea nuclear program) Globalization vs fragmentation: globalization drives he world economically, socially, and politically.