POLS 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Democratic Peace Theory, Liberal Democracy, Stanley Hoffmann
3 Feb 2016
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Borrowed (integrated) ideas from a much wider range of academic traditions than the realists: combined ideas from theology, political science, psychology, economics. Their theories reflect a wider range of interest. Liberals focus is broader than the realists. International), role being playing by various religious organizations, international regimes, international laws. Wide analytical focus and military: realists concerned almost exclusively with thoughts or war, liberals do care about questions of war and peace, but they are also very curious about other questions not related to conflict and war. Non security issues that should be studied at an international level. Possibility of change: realists one of the critics is that they are somewhat static in their analysis. We accept the world as it really it, and deal with is accordingly : liberals much more open to the idea of change. Not only is it possible but it is desirable. Regimes (international institutions) one of the liberals who contributed to this idea was robert.
