Exam 2 Flashcards
Compulsory Power
One actor has direct control over another actor
EX: using nuclear weapons to deter
Institutional Power
Actors’ control over socially distant others
EX: using the UN Security Council to maintain peace
Structural Power
Direct and mutual constitution of the capabilities of actors
EX: NATO - one for all and all for one
Productive Power
Production of agents through diffuse social relations
EX: “free markets” - production of citizens as consumers and producers
Morgenthau’s Laws Of Power Politics
- States are unitary actors in international politics
- States are rational/think strategically
- States possess power (capabilities)
- States can never be certain about other states’ intentions
- International system is anarchic (there is no world government)
- National interest is defined in terms of power
Guzzini on what power does
Power defines the space of political action and its justification.
Attributing power is a part of politics that is an exercise of power and constructs our world.
Foucault on Power Relations
In all social interactions, relations of power are involved. Power is capillary - circling everywhere at the same time, just like blood in the body.
Power means nothing without resistance. In any social relations, there is an on-going negotiation between power and resistance.
Purposes of the UN
To maintain international peace and security
To develop friendly relations between nations
To achieve international cooperation in solving international problems
Governance vs Government
Global governance is making and enforcing rules so that we can manage problems that we share, while global government is authority with hierarchical powers
Major organizations supporting Western principles
World Bank
United Nations
World Trade Organization
International Monetary Fund
Challenges to the Liberal World Order
“Rise of the Rest” - BRICS
Current order doesn’t reflect their primary interests or experiences
Order may be partially to blame for certain international issues including the Syrian refugee crisis, BREXIT, and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
Why could the liberal world order survive?
The structure pacifies challengers with rewards.
Provides states a “seat at the table” in discussing important international issues.
There is not a viable world order to replace the current one
What is the study of International Political Economy?
The study the movement of goods, money, people, and ideas across boarders
States’ role in IPE
States are only partly able to control economic processes that occur entirely within their borders
Only partly able to influence the activities that cross boarders
What is created by trades between states
There is the potential for conflict, but also powerful incentives to work out differences through compromise and negotiation
