[POLS 3490] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (38 pages long!)

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3490
• Professor: Ian Spears

Document Summary

Democracy is unlikely to solve the problems of iraq. There is little promise of a better, more hopeful future. No point in trying to solve problems that cannot be resolved, better get out now, it is futile/ horrible: pinker/ santos (liberal) Democracy is a good form of conflict resolution: it facilitates peace and should be promoted. War has ended and this is part of a worldwide trend, we are evolving and there is progress. There is nothing stopping progress: peace is not a utopian ideal but is an. Two camps of conflict resolution thinkers: skeptics (realists) Assume that there will always be those who are willing to engage in violence. There are always going to be those who see violence as the way to meet their objectives. The answer: you must fight fire with fire, violence with force or stay out completely.