POL 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Neoliberalism, Human Nature, Great Depression

• School: UC-Davis
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 3
• Professor: Kinne Brandon

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Theories of international relations i. ii. iii. iv. Realism: (ariants of , theories of ir - general descriptions of how the world works, (ariants of , do we need theory, dominant schools of ir theory. Realism (cid:873) the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. (cid:874) i: human nature is basically (cid:873)bad(cid:874, anarchy - lack of formal, central governing authority, states must defend against threats. Interests defined in terms of : no room for morality or ethics, ex. guns and bombs/money for those guns ii. Interests - preferences over different outcomes or (cid:873)states of the world(cid:874) Liberalism: economic liberalism of adam smith (cid:840)d. 1790(cid:841, democratism of thomas jefferson (cid:840)d. 1826(cid:841, universalism of immanuel kant (cid:840)d. 1804(cid:841, human nature is basically (cid:873)good(cid:874) Liberalism: classical principles of , system is . Collective security (cid:840)security of one matters for all(cid:841) i. ii. i. ii. i. ii. iii. i. ii. i. i. ii. i. ii.