POL2103- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 59 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2103
• Professor: Ivaylo Grouev

Document Summary

Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed. The victor will never be asked if he told the truth. Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. I know not with what weapons world war iii will be fought, but world war iv will be fought with sticks and stones. The creation of modern state - beginning of modernity. Erosion of the power of rome reformism / protestantism. End of the supremacy of the imperial legacy (loyalty). Participation of france luis xiii against the papal empire. Fundamental principles: principle of territoriality, principle of monopoly, principle of sovereignty. The birth of nation-state (cid:271)egi(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g if the (cid:862)i(cid:373)agi(cid:374)a(cid:396)y (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ities(cid:863) Extended family, tribes, ethnic group nation. Supremacy of the power of the state political and juridical authority. 20th-century origin of international relations as an academic subject. Ir"s deep roots in western political philosophy. Relevance of hobbesian, lockean and marxist concepts in analysing current military conflicts.