PACS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Realpolitik, Human Security, Nationstates
13 Apr 2016
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Roots of conlict, violence, and peace: week 3. Related to the germanic werre strife and werran to confuse . The modern state: state: a poliical and legal enity that has . Borders, populaion, central government, sovereignty, recogniion, and a monopoly on use of force (allen sens video: a paradox. Modern states are responsible for the worst violence in human history. States also provide means for reducing violent conlict. Tradiional, state-centric thinking about conlict, violence, & peace: the power poliics. Paradigm (ppp: conlict & violence in socieies managed by states that provide order, order fragile in relaions between states, states compete for status and power, need military strength for security. Ppp posiions on conlict, violence, and peace: conlict & violence = state of nature (inherent aggressiveness or compeiiveness of individuals and/or groups, peace = absence of war, if you want peace, prepare for war.
