POL 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Neoconservatism, Protectionism, Global Politics
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Ir is still commonly used as a formal name of field of study. We take a broad understanding of politics: the politics of things that aren"t thought to be political, market is a political and economic institution, there are struggles to define the purpose and function. The primary academic disagreements about the significance of globalization to study of contemporary world politics. Complex interdependence generates direct and indirect interconnections. Identities connections (via actions based on those identities) National governance: refers to the state, the market, investors, other states all play a role. States must, as a result, work with non-state actors to deal effectively with these crises. Global issues broadly, security, and economy. More narrowly, global security, military power, human rights, human security, trade, finance, poverty, development, environment. Activist organizations, de-centralized ones, are all significant global actors. Traditional forms of security are in charge of making the borders are safe. Compression of space and time: greater range of impact of decisions.