Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nigel Warburton, Economic Globalization, Collective Action

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Nigmendra Narain

Document Summary

People are getting smarter, consequences of war are more serious than they were before, economic globalization. Politics matter: decisions that affect you, laws assign rights and duties, decisions are enforced. Haiti and the dominican republic: different environmental conditions, poorest country outside of africa, more tourism in the dominican, dominican has over 70 parks as opposed to haiti with 4, consequences of political decisions. Politics: formal government activity, dishonest seeking personal gain, noble pursuit of the public good, (cid:862)who gets (cid:449)hat, (cid:449)he(cid:374) a(cid:374)d ho(cid:449)? (cid:863) Pri(cid:373)ates: a (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al order that i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludes hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s, apes, a(cid:374)d (cid:373)o(cid:374)keys . Chimpanzee politics: competition, power, conflict, dominance strategies and alliances, winners and losers. Bonobo politics: peaceful, gentle and loving, erotic and egalitarian. There has been a recent study about bonobos: not so nice, they hunt and eat monkeys. The elements of politics: social, process, conflict, binding decisions, enforced. Between love and war: pure conflict = war, pure cooperation = true love, politics = conflict and cooperation.