POLS 2940- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 29 pages long!)

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2940
• Professor: Elizabeth Dauphinee

Document Summary

States often use violence against other states and it"s people, only the state can exercise legitimate force. The power we give to certain individuals to possess authoritative power. If the state conducts violence that is not legitimate, would cause the state to fall into crisis and then will resort to corrosive power. Social power, moral power and the power of what counts as knowledge. There is no overarching government, because there isn"t one, we have no legal apparatus to protect us, so we must be ready as individuals states to defend and protect ourselves from threats and enemies. Realists and neo realists say war is inevitable because of the international system and have to constantly be prepared. Liberalism: emerged out of ww1, this war was seen as a mistake, misunderstanding, and regarded widely by the european states that call is reckless risk taking. Democratic peace theory: that democratic states do not go against other democratic states.