POL 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hegemony

• School: UC-Davis
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 3
• Professor: Mc Kibben Heather

Document Summary

System = an assemblage of units (states) united by some form of regular interaction. Key explanations: o relationship between the states (e. g. , distribution of power) o modes of state interaction. Realism and international system: anarchic capabilities/ability to conquer) self-help need power (material. Changes in distribution of power change the system. Sources of changes in distribution of power: war e. g. , decline of britain and france and rise of us and ussr after wwii, states respond to economic and technological developments at uneven rates industrializing east asian states e. g. , rapidly. Liberalism and the international system less consequential explanatory level of analysis. 3 conceptions of international system in liberal thinking: interdependent system: many levels of connections between states o formal government interactions + igos, ngos, Mncs, substate actors multilateral interactions: international order: governed by shared rules and principles. Goal of leading states: to create rules that are durable, legitimate (& also serve their interests)