POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: International Relations
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Pol 208 lecture 1 september 14. International intervention in elections of other countries. What is ir: subfield of polis ci, about interstate relations. Diplomacy, trade: recently: more interest in global/world politics (international) + What conditions will incentivize states to think/act in one way or another. Level of development in regard to gdp. Un collection of sates and interests (not below the state but between) 3 things we are studying in the fall semester - need explanations. Why doesn"t everyone have it: nuclear weapons give states power but why can"t we use them? (mad?) Provides us with frameworks to assess observations. Identify concepts, causes, consequences of political behaviour. History for a particular case (only historical context when applicable) Internal workings of individual people we are looking for generalizability: individual stories, psychology or personality. Ir comes up with claims that agree with eachother or are diametrically opposed levels of analysis are complementary but separate because they give us analytical clarity differently.
