SOCI 265 Chapter Notes - Chapter readings: Conservative Liberalism, Negative Liberty, Teller Amendment
21 Feb 2018
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Doyle kant, liberal legacies and foreign affairs. Misinterpretation relation among independent state very different from domestic polices > influence of lps denied: lps&is > confuse and disrupt the pursuit of balance-of power politics. Foreign affairs liberalism : states have the right to be free from foreign intervention, right to exercise political independence. Touchstone of international liberal theory: creates pre-disposition against warfare bw lib states - threats of war regarded as illegitimate **war is possible*, eg. Liberal theorists on the nature of liberal pacification: montesquieu (cid:862)pea(cid:272)e is the natural effect of trade, kant perpetual peace - three definitive articles of peace. Overall these sources connect the characteristics of liberal politics to liberal peace. Have not es(cid:272)aped (cid:396)ealists (cid:862)se(cid:272)u(cid:396)it(cid:455) dile(cid:373)(cid:373)a(cid:863) but international anarchy has been tamed in the relations of states with similar liberal characteristics. Conclusion: liberal internationalism has failed on occasion, eg. Promise of a peaceable transition helps to moderate political and economic rivalries.
