POLS 1301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: North American Free Trade Agreement, Pareto Efficiency, Collective Action
13 Sep 2017
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Key definitions: anarchy the absence of a central authority with the ability to make or enforce laws that bind all actors, national interests interests attributed to the state itself, usually security or power. Sovereignty the expectation that states have legal and political supremacy or ultimate authority within their boundaries. State a central authority with the ability to make and enforce laws, rules, and decisions within a specified territory. 3 categories of interests: power and security, economic and material welfare, and idealogical goals: actor the basic unit for the analysis of international politics, ex: states, governments, groups, international organizations, examples of actor-interest relationships: Defection(d: choices are ranked on a scale from 1-4, 1 being the worst and 4 being the best. The prisoner"s dilemma: goal: predict the other prisoners action to get the least amount of time in prison. Chicken: goal: do the opposite of what the other is likely to do.
