POLS 261 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-6: James N. Rosenau, United Nations Trusteeship Council, Multi-Level Governance
20 Oct 2016
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Chapter 2: the evolution of global politics 9/22/2014 5:32:00 pm. Domino theory: if one state fell to communism, the next would be at risk. Hegemony: a state has the means an the will to shape and govern the international system (u. s. vs. russia during the cold war: soviet hegemony in eastern europe and american hegemony and central. Highly divided character, opposing views about the best way of organizing society, and fight for global influence. Was fought within a frame work of informal rules, was stalemated, and avoided: capitalism of the west vs. eastern bloc(cid:495)s centrally planned economies dangerous escalations therefore (cid:494)cold(cid:495) Began due to a failure to implement the principles agreed at the 1945 wartime. Start of the cold war conference of yalta and potsdam. West felt that the soviet policy toward eastern europe were guided by ideological expansion and soviet ambitions. Us introduced the marshall plan for western european economic recovery in.
