PLIR 1010 Study Guide - Final Guide: Democratic Peace Theory, Nuclear Power Debate, Preventive War

• School: University of Virginia
• Department: Politics-International Relations
• Course: PLIR 1010
• Professor: Sechser Todd

Document Summary

Why or why not: collective action problems are rampant in international relations. Second, explain what makes some collective action problems harder to solve than others. Third, explain how the logic of collective action can help us understand two international problems of your choosing. One of these must be a problem that remains unsolved toda: y and the other must be a problem that has been (largely resolved, many of our theories this semester assume that actors in international relations are rational. Be sure to refer to theories from the course in your answer. The non-proliferation game [reading: sagan and weddle] Causes: why do states build nuclear weapons: sagan"s three models of nuclear proliferation. Because china had them, india and then pakistan acquired, etc: nuclear restraint: south africa relinquished weapons at the fall of their biggest threat, the ussr (1991, policy implications: alliances, npt as a reassurance.