ECH 1100 Midterm: conflict studies mid term summary notes

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 1100
• Professor: Jean- Francois Ratelle

Document Summary

Basic understanding; how you think and how the state thinks. If we are in an anarchy- all state worried of not surviving. Behaviour is driven by quest of survival (hobbes helps understand anarchy in international realisations: state behaviour is driven/imposed of anarchical structure of the world realism tries to predict/explain behaviours (state behaviour) Would drop freedom/liberties for security explain realism of international conflict rationality is assumptions. Power is ability of a to influence b into doing something he would otherwise not do. Power can be achieved through threats, force, promises, deception, etc: political realism: claims conflicts are caused by rivalries over acquisition, maintenance, and expansion of political power. Power is goal of politics and war is way people can expand power. Machiavelli believed that people are motivated by interests and that politics are means to achieve goals. Competition for political power is cause of conflict= realism. Opposed idealism: realist analysis of conflict.