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| Essential Principles of Liberalism |
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Definition
• A. Freedom of conscience
o 1. Freedom from arbitrary authority. First Amendment Rights
• B. Freedom of opportunity
o 1. Social-Economic Rights. Equality of opportunity in education, employment, commitment to the right to own private property.
• a.) Commitment to Capitalism through the right to own private property. Socail-Capitalism-state intervention
• b.) Laissze-faire Capitalism- little state intervention
• C. Freedom to elect one’s government
o 1. To secure these rights one must have a elected gov. |
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| The Natural of International Politics |
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Definition
| • a.2) Liberalism: society- IR not an anarchy, a society. Have outlaws and bad actors, still society. Some are positive, some not. Organization that promote peace between states. Liberals look @ IR law. |
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| Liberals and International Law |
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Definition
When a law is made it is not necessarily followed, yet if it is not followed considered a bad, or hush hush thing
Ex. Geneva Protical of 1925-prohibite use of chemical weapons. Liberalists acknowledge that they were dirty weapons. What is the different between chem. And a missal? Protical say no.
Vadiva Kazetch- Bosnian Serb. On trial for genocide
Ex. Geneva law prohibited torture of POWs. Means it is still going on, people deny it. As it is generally recognized as shameful. |
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| Liberals and their Institutions |
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Definition
| Liberals look to WTO, NATO need them to help with failed states and genocides. |
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| Realists and Liberalists Sum of Parts |
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Definition
Realists-see these things as not very important. Sum of the parts do not equal the whole.
Liberalisms-somethimes the sum of the parts do equal the whole. |
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| Realists and Liberals Analysis of Actors |
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Definition
• b.) Realists: rational unitary actor: national interest, talk about it as a whole.
• b.2) L: rational, but not unitary. Care about domestic politics. Black box states. |
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| Liberals-Looking inside a state |
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Definition
| To understand a state's interest and see their intentions |
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people can learn. Although they are egoistic, people can learn. Create WTO, create Amnesty Int’l.
Liberal most important institution is democracy. Engine of progress. Believe if they can spread democracy they can change the relations between states |
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emphasizes ideational approach, the role ideas play.
o a.) Free trade-how to organize the economy. Say that free trade is how we have a liberal economy.
o b.) Nationalism-part of a larger whole
o c.) Distribution of power. Matters how the government is split up.
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