How Have Realists And Liberals Explain Recent Devlopments

Question 1

How do realists explain the state and globalisation?

Answer 1

• Globalisations sceptics, believe states have remained largely sovereign and should,d be reversed if it has been developed

Question 2

How do Liberals explain The state and Globalisation?

Answer 2

• transformationalists, supportive of globalisation as it brings advantages to all
• sharing/pooling of sovereignty with other bodies is not a problem as creates peace prosperity and cooperation

Question 3

How do realists explain human rights and the environment?

Answer 3

• should be left for states to decide, advance their own priorities
• global governance will be too weak to make meaningful progress

Question 4

How do liberals explain human rights and the environment?

Answer 4

• global governance has made significant advances internationally (ICC, ICJ etc) but needs more, HR are better established
• more cooperation and democracy would help climate and also must be addressed through global efforts

Question 5

How do realists explain political and economic global governance (GG)?

Answer 5

• GG has been weak on providing security and cannot end conflict, best if states look after own security
• Only states are likely to reduces poverty, though not a major priority - economic strength is

Question 6

Liberal explanations of political and economic global governance?

Answer 6

• GG has reduced conflict.
• greater cooperation would improve thus further
• poverty been reduced partially in some of the south, but with greater effort global governance can further this
• North must help

Question 7

How do Realists explain power and developments?

Answer 7

• Dislike of US unipolarity and hegemony and expect bipolarity
• alternatively may be another Cold War between democratic west and authoritarian east
• Hard power most important, prevailing over soft power

Question 8

How do liberals explain power and developments?

Answer 8

• supportive of unipolarity and US attempt to spread capitalism, democracy and HR
• Hope US remains a liberal global hegemon that will spread peace and prosperity
• possibility of peaceful multipolarity developing through global governance
• soft power becoming more important

Question 9

How do Realists explain regionalism and EU?

Answer 9

• not keen on regionalism, if it remains intergovernmental an states support it, then it is beneficial to states (especially military and economic regional organisations)
• EU is too supranational needs to be intergovernmental

Question 10

How do liberals explain regionalism and EU?

Answer 10

• strongly supportive of regionalism as supports globalisation, cooperation and complex interdependence
• EU an example of how this can be achieved deeply and how all regions can prosper and be peaceful