POLS 2940 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Hugo Grotius, World Politics
11 Jan 2019
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The internationalist approach (accredited to grotius) in international relations theory strikes a balance between the two other extreme theories: hobbes" realism and kant"s universalism. All of these are always present but in different locations, during different times, and under different policies, one may be more predominant than the others. These bring world order, but there may be a more efficient way elsewhere. I define institutions as a set of rules that stipulate the ways in which states should cooperate and compete with each other (p. 319: defined in terms of rights and obligations. Decentralized cooperation of individual sovereign states, without any effective mechanism of command (p. 320) Realist institution: nato in the cold war: american institution fuelled by self-interest.
