POLI 244 Chapter Notes -Jean-Jacques Rousseau, World Politics, International Monetary Fund
20 Dec 2012
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Which of these patterns will hold in the future? (chapter 13) Theory: a logically consistent set of statements that explain a phenomenon of interest. Institutions: a set of rules, known and shared by the community, that structure political interactions in particular ways. Interactions: the ways in which the choices of two or more actors combine to produce political outcomes. War is the product of an interaction because it requires at least two sides: one side must attack, and the other must decide to resist. Bargaining: an interaction in which actors must choose outcomes that make one better off at the expense of another. Bargaining is redistributive; it involves allocating a fixed sum of value between different actors. Cooperation: an interactions in which two or more actors adopt policies that make at least one actor better off relative to the status quo without making the others worse off.
