POLSCI 2XX3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Structural Adjustment, Potential Superpowers, Major Force

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 2XX3
• Professor: Nibaldo Galleguillos

Document Summary

International relations (ir) has mainly studied super-power nations. The implications of that are: of the global population were excluded from study the roles played by developing countries in international politics has been overlooked it overlooks and underestimates fundamental changes to the international system: the dissolution of the. European empires; and the increasing power of a number of countries, but in particular china page 74. States operate in a state of anarchy where everyone has equal sovereignty and must be liable for their own self- defence. In developing countries, anarchy exists within the states as opposed to between various states. The imf and other international financial institutions, have played major roles in running the economies of many developing countries who have signed up to structural adjustment programmes (saps) Sovereignty, the right of states to govern within their own territory without external interference, a fundamental tenet of the charter of the united nations, has been breached many times since 1945.