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A snapshot of the summary - Understanding Global Conflict and Cooperation An Introduction to Theory and History
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1 Are There Enduring Logics of Cooperation in World Politics?
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1.1 What is international politics?
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What is a world imperial system?A basic form of world government in which one government controls most of the world with which it has contact => Roman Empire
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What is the feudal system?A basic form of world government in which human loyalties and political obligations are not fixed primarily by territorial boundaries; feodaal
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What is an anarchic system of states?A form of world government composed of states that are relatively cohesive but with no higher government above them => today
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What are the three main differences between domestic and international politics?Domestic law is relatively clear and consistent, force plays a different role and they differ in their underlying sense of community
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What is international politics defined as?As politics in the absence of a common sovereign or politics among entities with no ruler above them = Anarchic -> its a self - help system
Consequently, danger exists that another state may use force due to this self - help realm and because some states are stronger
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1.1.1 Differing views on anarchic politics
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What is the most-heared critic on realists by liberals?It misses the growth of economic interdependence and the evolution of a transnational global society
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What is the dependency theory?The prediction that the wealthy countries in the centre of the global marketplace will control and hold back poorer countries on the periphery
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What is the realism view on anarchy?As the
dominant theory that sees war and the use of force as the central problem ofinternational politics, and the centralactors are individual states
- They are pessimistic and stress continuity, the central problem of international politics is war and the use of force, and states as central actors
- International politics is about protecting the state from others
- Liberalist overstate the difference between domestic and international politics
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What do constructivists think of IR?Liberalism and realism both fail to explain long-term changed the emphasize the importance of ideas and culture in shaping international politics
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liberalism in terms of international politics? View on anarchyThey see a global society thatfunctions alongside states and sets an important part of thecontext for state action with a lot ofcooperation and liberty
- More optimistic and stress change
- They argue that nature of international politics is changing, the differences between domestic and international politics will blur
- Realists focus too much on extreme situaties, underestimate the importance of such things as growth of economic interdependece and the evolution of transnational global society, powerful forces for peace
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The following topics are covered in this summary
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politics, international, society
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realist, states, argue
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power, war, balance
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germany, italy, borders
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war, expansionist, ww2
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vietnam, deterrence, war
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excludable, rivalrous, international
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interdependence, wto, bank
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politics, world, fragmentation
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transnational, interaction, climate
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fukuyama, huntington, government