POL 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Identity Crisis, De Facto, Good Governance

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2103
• Professor: Meseret Demissie

Document Summary

Ir studies began i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)9(cid:1005)9"s (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1004)-ish time frame: began in england, after the first world war. Universities would study to try and prevent another world war: started in the us post ww2. Global politics: focuses on the political patterns in the world, study multi-scale a(cid:272)tor"s i(cid:374)tera(cid:272)tio(cid:374) at the (cid:373)a(cid:272)ro le(cid:448)el, i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludi(cid:374)g tra(cid:374)s(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al a(cid:272)tors, non-states actors operating beyond the traditional unit of analysis nation-state, all inclusive, touches everything, including terrorism. Politi(cid:272)al s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tists use the ter(cid:373) (cid:862)glo(cid:271)al politi(cid:272)s(cid:863: provide alternative terms to the state centric traditional approach to ir, to be inclusive includes non state actors. Global politics is all encompassing interested in all political relations: includes relations and also among non-state actors. International relations is considered as exclusive gp is inclusive. Interested in polarity/ distribution of power in the system. Its unit of analysis remain: national-state: unprepared to deal govern transnational actors.