POLI 2057 : Poli Sci Test 3
Document Summary
Basic commonality: supremacy of the the rule of law; Good about democracy: least bad among bad forms of socio-political organization, liberty is the ultimate value, promotes life and nonviolence (in your own society that is) Democracies and war: non-democratic regimes instigate; democracies win, many democracies lost against liberation movements since ww2, no two democracies fights against each other, transitioning regimes from authoritarianism to democracy are war prone. 2: free trade-ex: nafts, eu, ecowas, mercasur: countries that are trading tend to pacify each other because the stakes are higher. 3: propensity for collective security, international legal framework and cosmopolitan values or global civil society: non zero-sum if i let canada get destroy by another country and i"m trading with. 6: morality at the state level will lead to perpetual peace: promoting a moral ideal. Spread by wave: democracy is spreading, thee waves followed by reverse waves. Plurality in democratic institutions: presidential, parliamentary, federal, unitary.
