PSCI 2601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Middle Ages
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3 types of power: military power, economic power, and social power. Two perspectives: the westphalian perspective, the imperial perspective. The political structure of euwroie during the middle ages is characterizd by overlapping layers of religious and secular authority. Political socities were not strictly territorial, they were more closely associated with shifting allegiances (herediatary. Thirty years war(1618-48) a religious/ political war that involved two sides the protestants and catholics. The conditional story of tpow is wrong because outside europe things were being done differently. It did establish order in europe but it facilitated disorder in other countries. Distinction between theory and practice: liberal theory is mostly talked about in this class (ir theory on liberalism) not political party liberalism. Centuries of liberal philosophy are being distilled in about 45 minutes! Idea where countries interact with each other in a free market. Economic interdependence: whatever u are able to produce you specialize in. countries will specialize in products.