POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: V Engine, Centrism, Neoliberalism
2 Apr 2018
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The liberal paradigm in ir: reaction to (neo)realism, the puzzle of international cooperation. Realist pov necessitated the belief that states had to be pre-occupied by security and couldn"t trust foreign states. Neoliberal institutionalism -> neorealist assumptions: anarchy -> surmountable consequences. Lack of capacity for states to cooperate with one another. Imposes a lot of costs -> too dangerous to trust other states. Liberal pov -> human reason can help alleviate problem of unable to trust anyone: state centrism, self-interest -> security/power is not the only interest. Interests should include welfare of people: rationality, sociological. Dilemma realism and the puzzle of increasing cooperation in the world rn. Interdependence -> opportunities for cooperation (common interests: example: trade dependency, opportunities that impact one state can be transferred over to another, creates incentives for further cooperation. Cooperation problems + strategies to overcome them -> international regimes. Zero-sum game: we are opponents when i win, you lose.
