POL 212: Midterm Prep

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Political Science - International Relations

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units can combine in unexpected ways, without a central authority.

Power (Realism) Order (Liberalism) Ideas (Constructivism)

State and national leaders

State: The institutions with a monopoly on the legitimate use of force Regime: Rule and norms Government: The incumbent power holders which currently run the state

1st Image: Man - Humans and Psychology 2nd Image: States and Institutions - Organizations and Domestic politics 3rd Image: War - structure of the international system

Military Technology Economic Development P olitical Institutions of Mobilization " Climate, geography and history of disease"

The pursuit of power is built into human nature Equally motivated by fear and by the desire for power itself

Heavily quantitative - power as the ability to achieve a particular endstate Concepts like Deterrence, Escalation Dominance

Relative power is what is important Conflict is determined by "the distribution of power in the International System"

Power comes from SOCIETIES - "competing peoples" and from geographical position

"Distribution of [Economic] Power in the International System" Imperialism: Because states are always looking to expand markets, they need resources- this leads to imperialism and exploitation. **Remember the superstructure

Regime-type influences state preferences Different kinds of regimes want to do different kinds of things

a group of states have assented to norms and common rules, recognizing their common interests

written laws, such as treaties

norms and precedents that have been set

a change in patterns, to then change behaviors

Liberals: conditional cooperation Realists: Hegemonic leadership Constructivists: Norms/Taboos

Interstate: 2 or more states General: most important countires Hegemonic: who is going to be the most important state? Total War

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