POLS 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: John Kenneth Galbraith, Comparative Politics, John Maynard Keynes
27 Aug 2016
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Greatly affects comparative politics: new innovations o. Tech and other things (such as internet: greater rate of change over recent years o. *constrains the state, the governments sometimes said that state is undermined by globalization (identities, cultures, identity) states cannot act exactly how they want: developed and underdeveloped states both. Rise of global institutions (global gov"ts, global regulations world bank, imf, un not quite yet etc. ) Regulatory organizations such as g8 and g20 forum for discussion of international issues. Do we want to see a global justice/security system? (global lawyers, etc. ) The political system see image in text o o. The state takes it and outputs the decision o. Environment things people cannot affect not stuff that individual states really have power of it (ex. gas prices) Pressures from external too affects the policy making. 2 major events that changed the world o. Easier for heads of state to talk to each other.
