POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: International Relations, Blackboard, Linnean Society Of London

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10 Oct 2016
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What is IR
Subfield in political science
About interstate relations eg. diplomacy or trade
Interested in global or world politics- international+
Domestic
Transnational
Interstate
Supranational (eg. UN, region): When big collection of different states are
involved
Puzzle based approach: not necessarily one focused on theory
3 problems: power, inequality, war/conflict
Study IR/global politics through puzzles, things that happen that demand explanation
What does power mean in relation to IR: on what criteria are we judging 1st rate rising
power versus second rate. How is it defined and why doesn't everyone have it. What
does it mean to have power
Inequality: unresolvable thus far even though it persists. Types of inequality and why
does it persist
War: how is it changing. Moving away from interstate model when talking about ISIS
What IR does
Provided with multiple frameworks to assess political phenomenon. Many interpretations
of the same empirical observation
Form your own opinion and articulate, give assumptions
Think about why you disagree about different perspectives
Don’t look at specific countries, rather types of countries eg. developed vs developing
Identify concepts, causes, and consequences of global behavior
What IR is not about
Not about studying history just for history’s sake. History helps us understand why we
are here in this context now.
IR is not about what the liberals did, conservatives etc. Not studying internal politics of
states
Focused on generalities
Will not talk about psychology of leaders
Not talking about internal workings of individual people
Can’t come up with laws eg. universalisms (different from science and religion). We talk
about generalities
Fragmentations describes IR as opposed to unity
Levels of analysis
Complementary
Think about focusing camera. Wide angle to become more focused
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About interstate relations eg. diplomacy or trade. Supranational (eg. un, region): when big collection of different states are. Puzzle based approach: not necessarily one focused on theory. Study ir/global politics through puzzles, things that happen that demand explanation. What does power mean in relation to ir: on what criteria are we judging 1st rate rising power versus second rate. How is it defined and why doesn"t everyone have it. Inequality: unresolvable thus far even though it persists. Types of inequality and why does it persist. Moving away from interstate model when talking about isis. Provided with multiple frameworks to assess political phenomenon. Form your own opinion and articulate, give assumptions. Think about why you disagree about different perspectives. Don"t look at specific countries, rather types of countries eg. developed vs developing. Identify concepts, causes, and consequences of global behavior. Not about studying history just for history"s sake. History helps us understand why we are here in this context now.

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