chapter 15 traditional theories of IR Flashcards
total war
the militarization of a state’s entires resources for the purpose of annihilating the enemy
what major events influenced the rise of liberal international theory in the early 20th century?
the main event was world war 1 and how to prevent something like that from happening again
what did theorists hope to achieve?
something that would make lasting peace and security possible
in what way does the right to national self-determination strengthen the legitimacy of the nation-state idea?
by the quest of a nationalist movement to secure a political autonomy by breaking away to form a new sovereign state
what view did Hugo Grotius promote?
the view that the natural condition of humanity was peace, not conflict. he formed some of the earliest ideas in the modern period about ‘sociability’ of the international sphere.
who argued that humans are ‘essentially sociable and not excessively self-interested’?
Samuel von Pufendorf
Pufendorf incorporated (?) in his work on universal jurisprudence and the law of nations
a basic and natural law of self-preservation
what did Immanuel Kant propose and what is his work influential in?
he proposed a set of principles for a law of nations and his highly influential in peace theory
what is an agent?
people
what is a structure?
an institution
what is the principle of self-determination?
it can refer to a few things:
1)the right of states to freely determine their own policies and practices.
2)the right of citizens to determine their own gov. and therefore a preferred set of policy options.
3)the quest of a nationalist movement to secure political autonomy.
what is one way that a nationalist movement can secure political autonomy?
by seceding to form a new sovereign state
