PO232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Root Mean Square, Byrsonima Crassifolia, World Trade Organization
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Ipe/gpe theoretical approaches: explanations, key dynamics, internal diversity. Liberalism, realism, constructivism, and critical theory (from pov of neo-marxism) Ex. the liberal international economic order (lieo: however, the four schools of gpe all claim to explain why the contemporary order is liberal, just because it"s described as liberal, doesn"t mean it"s completely liberal. Varieties some are more domestically oriented (frieden), some are more internationally oriented (liberal institutionalism) U. s. hegemonic, but binding itself (i. e. wto) Different levels of institutionalization in different parts of the world (eu vs. east asia) Non-state actors liberals put a lot of emphasis on this (esp. Rise of illiberal states (china and russia) together with moves away from liberalism in the west, against background of the global nancial crisis. Efforts to explain and to gure out how far things will go. World politics is still about states, power, and anarchy.