ECH 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Syrian Civil War, Statism, Instrumental And Value Rationality

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 1100
• Professor: Jean- Francois Ratelle

Document Summary

Know: all on the exam : watch the two docs - cold war and syrian civil war. Statism: states behave just like human beings - uses a cast benefit analysis to gain without dying. Cold war - major events, connections with concepts. Nature of war in general - cold war, new wars, middle east - how war fare has changed. Different conflicts - syrian civil war - connected to greed and grievance and new wars - re watching videos. Greed and grievance (newman and demmers) - as a way to understand causes of individual - connection with the syrian civil war. ** what is arational analysis of conflict; whether it is state of individual. Assumption of rationality - to predict political behaviour. Survival - what can you do to increase it in anartical system. Instrumental rationality - utility seeking behaviour: decisions based on self interest: economic, political power - increase power.