POL 2103 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading: High Politics, Joseph Nye, Robert Keohane
25 Dec 2017
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(cid:862)realis(cid:373) a(cid:374)d co(cid:373)plex i(cid:374)terdepe(cid:374)de(cid:374)ce(cid:863) robert keohane and joseph nye. For realists, international politics i a struggle for power. They (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e : states are coherent actors and are the dominant actors in world politics, force is a usable and effective instrument of policy, hierarchy is topped off by military security (above economic and social affairs) Realist assumptions makes us believe that politics is characterized by potential conflict and force. Multiple channels connect societies, such as: informal ties between governmental elites and foreign office arrangements; transnational organizations. Transgovernmental applies when we relax the assumption that states act coherently as units. Transnational applies when we relax the assumption that states are the only units. Agenda for interstate relationships consists of multiple issues that are not arranged in a clear or consistent hierarchy. This means that military concerns do not always dominate the agenda. Difference between domestic and foreign policy becomes blurred.
