GOV 312L Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bureaucracy, Jpmorgan Chase, Médecins Sans Frontières
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Political leadership usually sets these in reaction to a mix of pressures from in and out of the state: ex. The cold war us government"s interest was in containing soviet expanism of power and influence in asia, europe, and africa: capabilities: the ability of states to realize their interests. Usa, soviet russia, great britain: domestic groups, power of these depend on their ability to mobilize large groups of citizens around a common purpose and the economic resources a group possess in support of its goals, ex. International organizations: regulate international trade, coordinate joint military missions and settle disputes among states, deter military aggression, promote important principles like respect for human rights, ex. United naitons, european union, north atlantic: multinational corporations. Treaty organization: can prompt changes in a government;s economic policy by threatening to relocate elsewhere, operate in many countries and help transfer capital and technology from economies that are wealthy to those that are poor, ex.
