POLS 1402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Peloponnesian War, Security Dilemma, Statism
13 Sep 2016
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First level of analysis- explains ir from the perspective of the individual looks at human nature individual behavior and decision making psychology. Second level of analysis- explain ir from the perspective of the domestic- different forms of state society, culture and other domestic level factors. Realism is a tradition thought often dated back to times of the greek historian thucydides in his account of the peloponnesian war between sparta and athens. At its core, realism is about the role of power in politics. In ir, realism focuses on the uses, character, and limits of state and militia power operating within an international body: statism. State sovereignty connected to the use of force and coercion. A monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a five territory. State conceived as egotistic and rational actors, assumed to be unitary actor which rationally pursue their own self interests.
