POL SCI 123A Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Stag Hunt, Bargaining, Collective Security
10 Oct 2018
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Interests-are the goals that actors have, the outcomes they hope to obtain through political action: a state may have an interest in protecting its citizens and getting more territory. Interactions- the ways in which 2 or more actors combine to produce political outcomes: war is a product of an interaction, requires one side that must attack and the other must decide to resist. Institutions-a set of rules, that are known and shared by the relevant community, which structure political interactions: the(cid:455) defi(cid:374)e (cid:862)(cid:396)ules of the ga(cid:373)e(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e fou(cid:374)d i(cid:374) t(cid:396)eaties, la(cid:449), o(cid:396) o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)s like the u(cid:374)ited. Interests and or power= leads to interest in acquiring power in order to ensure they are not vulnerable to attacks/conquest. International politics is primarily about bargaining and coercion and rare. International institutions are weak and exert little independent effect on world politics and wto merely reflect the interest and powers of dominant countries.
