POLS 2940 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: World History, Nationstates, Deindustrialization
4 Oct 2017
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Chapter 2 - the rise of modern international order. All international systems are made up of multiple political units. Whether these units are empires, city-states or nation-states, they key feature that distinguishes international from domestic politics = in international sphere, political units are forced to coexist in the absence of an overarching authority. International relations - concerned with issue of "political multiplicity" - how order can be generated in an environment that is fragmented rather than uni ed. International orders - regularized practices of exchange among discrete political units that recognize each other to be independent; have existed ever since political units began to interact, whether through trade, diplomacy, or exchange of ideas. World history - many great regional international orders. However, over past two centuries - distinctly modern international order - global economy, a global system of states, and global circulation of ideas.
