POL 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: World Politics, Moral Agency, Solidarism

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

Document Summary

A system of state can exist without it being a society of states. International society -> a society of states (macro sociology) -> state to state relations. The (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al so(cid:272)iety = hedley bull"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)tri(cid:271)utio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:449)here bull"s origi(cid:374)ality lies: bull"s (cid:449)orks poi(cid:374)t of departure is (cid:449)hat has so(cid:373)etimes been called the grotian approach. It is society rather than system, which he emphasizes and studies. For bull: states form a system, when they have a sufficient degree of interaction and impact on ea(cid:272)h other"s de(cid:272)isio(cid:374)s, so as they (cid:271)eha(cid:448)e a parts of a (cid:449)hole (mutual politi(cid:272)al. Significance: system means: contact between states and the impact of one state on another (level of. Interdependence: society means: common interest, values, rules/norms and institutions. Condition for states society: membership to the society with shared values, rules and institutions, mutual recognition is the 1st step in the construction of an international society;