PSC 2440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Disparate Impact, Hard Power, World War I
1 Jun 2019
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Strengths and weaknesses in explaining the world as a guide to the conduct of statecraft: Democratization promotes accountability for leaders institutionally (ex. impeachment & votes of no confidence); democracies prone to compromise/conciliation/transparency at home & abroad. Recognizes that when countries have a material stake in the relationship, they will avoid conflict, empathize, & understand the other . Us-vietnam war was justified by the falsified gulf of tonkin (1964) resolution, France & the uk promised that wwi would be over in a year & weren"t held accountable to that, ukraine is a democracy yet has govn"t corruption & politicized legal system. Democracies have overthrown other democracies -> disproves dem. Pre-wwi europe was economically interdependent, trade didn"t stop russia from annexing crimea or japan attacking the us at pearl. : trade has a disparate impact on different economic populations (gini: The rich are getting richer & the poor, poorer )
