Studied by 101 peoplea key feature of knowledge
that it is always based on community
scholars, experts, students, etc
help assert and validate knowledge
the notion of borders and state identity are
a recent phenomena
to address changes in our planet
we have to work as a collective
the main questions we need to ask when studying world politics
how should we approach the study of world affairs? how is the world best understood? what is meant by global politics? how has international politics been transformed into global politics? how has global politics changed in recent years in relation to the issues of power, security, and justice? what is the balance between continuity and change in global politics?
how should we approach the study of world affairs?
the approach has to consider the country and human condition that youre focusing on
when did international politics turn into global politics?
post 1945
what is the balance between continuity and change in global politics?
balancing the past and the future while living in the present we have to issues to address but we have to preserve the past and face the future
why is the modern state a phenomena?
because after 1945, 100 new states emerged
empires
expanded and colonized before 1945 after, they had to give up colonies because of civil forces or economic reasons people who kicked empires realized they had to organize
the middle east emerging
the league of nations gave a mandate for french and british colonial powers to teach those in the middle east to become more modern they instead took over and divided the region between two empires and became a costly game with the people caught in between
syria and lebanon
were altered by the french empire the french split the tribes into halves in the attempt to draw borders families were isolated and it led to a rebellion that killed 20,000 people
how were african borders decided?
people came together and drew proper borders
palestine and israel
the british promised the land to the palestinians and the jewish that led to the conflict that still has not ended
the kurds
located across different states like turkey, iraq, iran, azerbaijan, and armenia they have not been able to make their own state, kurdistan
canada
french speaking canadians established quebec some want secede to create quebec as a separate state
the scottish
wanted to separate form the uk to make their own state
global politics
the study of states and people
globalization
the whole planet has become one, interconnected place
the world
always changes
outside countries
still play a role in our lives
ukraine
when putin invaded ukraine, people were impacted across the world for example, people in ethiopa began starving because ukraine supplies fertilizer
jurisdiction
the jurisdiction of state established by a system of laws or political force
example of jurisdiction
the north pole is now under the debate of who's jurisdiction it will be under
what redefines humanity?
markers that are regulated by laws and states that determine our existence papers, social security, credit history
we cannot escape the power of
states
global interdependence
states depend on one another that we cannot escape
max weber
german sociologist, philosopher, jurist, political economist, and intellectual
the modern state according to weber
is a compulsory association which organizes domination and has been successful in seeking to monopolize the legitimate use of physical force as a means of domination within a territory
we have the ability to...
secede and control our own community
communities rely on...
who is seen as legitimate
legitimacy
determines who support decisions within a community
monopoly
who controls the means of force
territory
a limited border or area of land
when was sovereignty established?
at the peace of westphalia after the 30 years war in europe
peace of westphalia
when leaders, principalities, etc came together to determine territory and allow leaders control what happens within their own borders and ensure that said sovereignty wont be disrupted
just because sovereignty is declared...
does not mean neighbors will respect it or take it seriously
examples of sovereignty not being respect
russia invading ukraine the us invading iraq
sovereignty
is not as sacred as we think but it still matters
levels of analysis
foreign policy influences global influences state or internal influences individual influences like interests and culture policy making process foreign policy decisions
foreign policy loop
global conditions actors internal characteristics leader foreign policy decisions
how the global scale can be broken down
global international regional (geographically) national ngos and igos substate
national
the state
ngos
non governmental organization individual actors that can still impact global politics
examples of ngos
red cross, green peace
igos
intergovernmental organization international state organizations
examples of igos
united nations, nato, european union
substate
within the state
challenges in world politics
individual passion difficulty in overcoming challenges responding to events and questions the world is full of people who think differently from each other unresolved issues
ways to fix challenges in world politics
learning about different ways to solve a problem whether its economically, politically, or technologically remembering other povs cooperation
a solution without compromise...
wont work unless it is involuntarily forced upon the opponent
assumptions based on ones own ideas
can be clouded
a question to think about when discussing world politics
who defines whats good or bad?
stateless nation
like the kurds have to ask if degrees of sovereignty are respected and applied
the israeli-palestine conflict
impacted by religious belief
interests in a global conflict
economic factors can determine whos an ally what stake does a state have does it matter if they choose a stance what are they prioritizing
things that impact how a state becomes an ally
economic factors education/socialization location regional ties like sharing borders history
global politics is replete with...
states of affairs that we object to example: war, child labor, etc
the centrality of the human is firmly lodged where?
the heart of our thought
man is no longer...
central as gods creation because now man uses reason to decide what to do
the idea of changing whats wrong with the world
implies that we humans are doing the changing, therefore, we have control over the world also implies that we know how the world should be to make it better
power
is something that happens in all social relations they can be productive or repressive
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