POLS 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4-6: Mercantilism, Labour Power, Reserve Currency

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1500
• Professor: Andrea Paras

Document Summary

Policy: how a community should be run, and why. Domesic policy: the way one"s naional community is or should be governed. Foreign policy: concerns the way one"s country does or should relate to other countries, and their naional governments around the world. Hard power: is bucks and bullets (military capability) India: germany, britain, russia, france, brazil, italy. Sot power: is one"s ability to get others to think the way one does. Cultural inluences and the impact of one"s culture. Great powers: are the countries with the richest economies and the largest armed forces. Middle powers: have a level of inluence and capability in between that of the great and small powers. They are developed but lack the populaion size, military force, cultural impact and ambiion to become great powers. Small powers: can either be developed or developing and they have a very small degree of impact on internaional decision making and global life.