POLS 2940 Lecture 10: Lecture 10

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2940
• Professor: Bonn

Document Summary

-wrap up discussion from previous class: for liberals, the post cold war period is one of new opportunities (for greater cooperation, redirection resources, and strengthening international institutions) -"new wars" of the immediate post cold war period: refer first to the eruption of numerous civil conflicts in the 1990s. - the attempt to induce fear or dread systematically throughout some specified population. -the problem of counting - state department figures to 2003: year acts killed. Na na 2003 208 625 3646 2002 199 725 2013 2001 346 3547 1080 2000 423 405 791 1999. - and then changed counting practices since then: 2011 report. * acts of violence to drive others away * inforce obedience- by governemnt * politcal parties; terrorism ( soviet union ) inforce obedianece *provoke indescriminate action ( getting government to react)- provoking gov. to react in a bad way. -first, it may be used to publicize a cause;