POL 2103 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Putting-Out System, Collective Security, Great Power
5 Jan 2018
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Ontology: study of what we know, how the world is portrayed. Ir: covers topics such as actors, levels of analysis, human nature and etc. First international institution which was successful as first. After a series of crises, it lost control. E. h. carr wrote a book called the twenty years crisis. Morge(cid:374)thau"s 6 pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iples of political realism: (cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) theory is (cid:862)o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e(cid:863, autonomy of politics, good intentions not enough, rooted in permanent human nature, rational pursuit of power. Criticized cr for focusing on the fist stage (individual) Nr argues that the domestic system and international system is separate. Five assumptions of nr: international system is anarchic, great powers have offensive military capabilities, states are rational actors, states can never be ure about other tate " intentions, survival is the primary goal. Three elements of structure: basic organizing principle (anarchy vs. Hierarchy: no functional differentiation (all states carry out similar tasks); states (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t spe(cid:272)ialize.
