liberalism Flashcards
synonym if liberalism
pluralism
common themes among all strands of liberalism
- humans are perfectible
- democracy is necessary
- ideas matter
main contrast of lib with real
- state main actor but int. organizations, mcs etc are imp
- cooperation over war
1st lib thinker
locke, 17th ce
assumptions of lib approach
- individuals at centre
- state’s interests are dynamic & secondary
- mutual interest & cooperation
difference between libs and neo libs
neo libs are far less optimistic about human progress
main ideas of neo lib and inspiration behind them
- promote free trade
- western democratic values
inspiration: fin and pol institutions made after WW2
strands of neo lib
institutional
sociological
republican
interdependence
word order within realists and libs
- realist: state centric, sovereign, forms of diplomacy to maintain peace and power.
- lib: individual centric, interaction among states using int rules etc, role of globalisation and human development
first proponent of Leage of Nations
Woodrow wilson; first liberal institutionalist
assumptions of neo lin insti
- states are rational
- always seek to maximize their interest
biggest obstacle for a neo lib insti to successful cooperation
- fear of non compliance
- possibility of cheating
- when there’s no mutual interest
what is communication theory
sociological theory
asserting relations between people, groups and not just sovereign govts.
james rosenau’s assumption and what does it lead to
notion of transnationalism get to govts being interdependent
who termed security community and integrated socio political systems
karl deutsch
interdependence realism is based on which 2 countries
post war trading states japan and germany
who formulated “complex interdependence”
joseph nhe and robert keohane
what’s low and high politics
low= welfare
high= national security
characteristics of complex interdependence
- informal ties among multiple channel
- one issue doesn’t dominant agenda
- military force to be not used
what does michael doyle advocate for
republican liberalism
1. peaceful resolution of conflicts in democratic
2. Pacific union (zone of peace)
3. spirit of cooperation
main proponent of functionalism
david mitrany
difference between functionalism and neo functionalism
- func wants to create a new world where sovereign states take a back seat
whereas neo func wants to integrate existing states to create a single worls (eu) - functionalists use fomal institutions to create interdependence unlike neo func
what is the political equivalent of demonstration effect
spill over effect
name some proponents of functionalism
joseph nye
ernest haas
john burton
Christopher mitchell
who gave the democratic peace theory
emanual kant
