Liberalism and the Study of Global Politics

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Liberalism and the Study of Global Politics

• Learning Objectives
• Understand how Liberals describe global politics
• Identify the Liberal view of power
• Compare and contrast Liberalism with Realism
• Explain the Liberal Peace formula

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Liberalism

• Intellectual Roots
• Immanuel Kant
• John Locke
• John Stuart Mill
• David Hume
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Richard Cobden

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Liberalism

• The Principles of Liberalism
• Principle over the pursuit of power
• Progress over continuity
• Peace means prosperity and prosperity means peace

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Liberalism

• The Liberal Challenge to Realism
• States are not the only actors in global politics
• States are not unitary actors
• The state is in decline
• International Institutions matter
• International Regimes are of growing importance

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Liberalism

• The Liberal Challenge to Realism
• And so, the world is Interdependent.

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Liberalism

• Liberals, Power, and Policy
• Soft Power

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The Liberal Peace

• Economic Interdependence
• Democracy
• International Law
• Multilateral Institutions
• Arms Control and Disarmament

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Liberalism

• Liberals and global politics today