LAS 337P

Compatibility vs. Conflict - Liberalism

Compatibility of interests

Compatibility vs. Conflict - Radicalism

Conflict of interests

Compatibility vs. Conflict - Realism

Conflict of interests

Compatibility vs. Conflict - Idealism

Compatibility of value: consensus

Main sphere - liberalism

economy

Main sphere - radicalism

economy

Main sphere - realism

politics

Main sphere - idealism

politics

Main Actor - liberalism

government as arbiter among & 'cash register' of diverse groups

Main Actor - radicalism

business-driving government; government as agent of business

Main Actor - realism

"the state" in its own right advancing "reason of state"

Main Actor - idealism

government (societal groups, media, etc. can help)

Foreign Policy goals - liberalism

interests of US society \= compromises among groups

Foreign Policy goals - radicalism

US business interests; needs of the capitalist system

Foreign Policy goals - realism

national interest objectively given by int'l power constellation

Foreign Policy goals - idealism

national values embodied in US culture, but valid universally

Progress in Int'l Affairs - liberalism

progress is ongoing and will continue

Progress in Int'l Affairs - radicalism

currently stifled but possible, and to be promoted

Progress in Int'l Affairs - realism

essentially, no progress; basic continuity

Progress in Int'l Affairs - idealism

progress in ongoing and will continue

Bitar

combines two different approaches - radicalism and realism
US - realism - pursues security in crisis situations
LA - radicalism - needs nationalization, trying to exploit foreign companies, unfair domestication, requires structural change

Assumptions of Realism - 1

Decisive role of state: no one else runs the foreign affairs, the state has the main power

Assumptions of Realism - 2

unimportance of domestic politics: the nat'l interest are objectively given whether it is a dem or rep president does not matter

Assumptions of Realism - 3

state is "unitary rational actor": coherent and unified govt, US acts in a reasonable and effective way and govt has a good grasp of the issues

Bureaucratic Politics

There are many agencies that are working on their own based on their personal interests, and there is a institutional interest of political agency to get bigger and become the main actor

Transnational Politics

State is not the only actor that are non-govt. they try to have their own transnat'l relations; can lobby int'l organizations

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

1. no more recolonization in LA
2. no more European interference
3. no US interference in Europe

The Roosevelt Corollary (1904)

Roosevelt's extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force. we were the "police of the western hemisphere" Example of US imperialism in Latin America. Used to justify hundreds of interventions, mostly to protect US business interests, sometimes to the detriment of democratic movements in Latin America

FDR's Good Neighbor Policy (1934)

US faces increasing backlash from LA so FDR declares that US will not intervene with military force in latin america