DVM 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: International Development, Statism, International Trade

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

Document Summary

Class 9: moral incentives behind international development & globalization. Main assumptions (sss: security: international systems is anarchical and conflict-prone. All states must pursue power for their security (survive: statism: sovereign states are the most important actors. They are rational decision- makers: self-help: states must always strive for power to protect their citizens, too much emphasis on helping themselves, enjoy competition to gain more and more, no room for morality. Q: why do realists claim that morality does not have a place in the international life: the world is anarchic, it reflects a self-help system. In order to survive, states must pursue power: there is no higher authority in the world. Consequently, there is no enforcing (international) law that states must abide: just follow the rules of peaceful co-existence. Realism and international life: anarchy makes conflicts in the international system inevitable, anarchy forces the states to compete against each other.