DVM 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Canadian International Development Agency, International Development, Statism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: International Development and Globalization
• Course: DVM 1100
• Professor: Mahmoud Masaeli

Document Summary

Security: international system is anarchical and con ict prone, states must pursue power for there security. Statism: sovereign states are the most important factors. They are rational deciton-makers (they know they must be powerful in order for the bene t of the country as a whole) Self-help: there is no room for morality in realism. Why: the world is anarchic, it re ects a self-help system, no higher authority in the world, there is no enforcing law that states must abide, peaceful coexistence, states must strive for power to protect their citizens. Realist paradigm and international life: anarchy makes con ict in the international system inevitable, anarchy forces states to compete against each other in a self-help system, proposal. In order to survive states must try to increase their power by: conquest & alliance making (balancing the power, national development, in uencing other economies.