GVPT 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Radical Action, Civil Disobedience, Total War
22 Apr 2019
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Tells us dominant norms, ideas, identities, beliefs in a particular state, society or region. Actively shapes norms, ideas, identities, beliefs in a particulate state, society or region. Issue salience: excessive govt power, loss of individual freedom. Civil disobedience, damaging government property, cyber attacks, violent protests, armed rebellion. A state of organized, armed conflict (violence) between political communities. War is the continuation of politics by other means. He thought should be limited and only for clear political purpose. Not well trained, not a professional fighting force. Evolved professional fighting force that was highly trained and efficient. Training improved, rise of professional standing armies belonging to sovereign states. Gentlemanly rules of wear in some cases. But little innovation in tactics -- standing in lines, shooting back and forth. Wars become much bigger with mass-based recruitment and deadlier. Enter total war, mobilizing all state resources, no limits on war, les respect for rules of war.
