POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Utility, Pareto Efficiency, Rational Agent
7 Oct 2017
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Neoliberal institutionalism -> neorealist assumptions: anarchy -> surmountable consequences, state-centrism, self-interest -> security/power is not the only interest, rationality. This came from economics for the most part. It is not that they were economists, but they were self-trained, and many of the ideas that would apply to international politics came from economic theorists. Also by looking at economic phenomena in the world. Many assumptions of the neoliberal institutionalist paradigm are shared with realism. For example, both realism and neoliberal institutionalism start with the assumption that the international system is anarchic. This lack of a supranational political authority means nothing but international anarchy. So far, we have the same assumptions held by realists and neoliberal institutionalists. Monday, september 11, 2017 are going to see has to do with the consequences of anarchy. For realists, anarchy has an unavoidable consequences, and these consequences have to do with the lack of capacity for states to cooperate with each other.
