POLS 262 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: International Political Economy, Ottoman Empire, Univers
2 Apr 2018
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The state: the central unit of analysis, the key actor in international relations and international political economy, an institution that has population, territory, government, and (for ir) international recognition. Nation: a group of people, usually has, but not necessarily, some or all of the following characteristics: International relations: began in the 20th century, at the end of wwi from british universities - "the state" used as central actor. Peace of westphalia (1648: most stable, ideal state is a nation-state, but this is euro-centric, beginning of the modern state and the modern international relations, but the end of religious wars. Key actors were arguably the religious institutions. Secularism is an ideal to strive for. The consolidation of secularism and nation-states is a gradual, incomplete process. Germany wasn"t consolidated until the 1870: this concept of nation-state became exported with colonialism. The league of nations was most formed of nation-states. Hegemony: overwhelming powerful actor among all others, exerts regional or global power.
