geog, hist & IR final

Political Science 4820 with Hensel at University of North Texas

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history as a context

impact of past events on political processes

ex: WWII leading to war weariness & also Cold War

history tends to repeat itself - especially conflicts [trade, etc]

ahistorical approaches

current factors that affect political processes - ignore the past. trade, geography, environment, political systems

ex: US & Britain - used to be colonies, but now buddies

history doesn't determine the whole relationship - other current factors!

history as an artifical construct

never one single story - hard to be objective. a matter of interpretation.

ex: US civil war - North for 'states rights' & south for 'northern aggression'

history written by the victors

you can never know what really happened - consider both sides

gavrilo princip

serbian nationalist who assassinated archduke franz ferdinand of austria.

is every event too unique?

one person can change history/cause a war

lessons of vietnam

led to hesitation of future conflicts because of deaths, loss, protests, etc. caused US to approach Desert Storm more carefully. changed not only foreign policy but American politics and their opinion of war

still influences current war in Iraq

preconceptions & biases

limitation of human psychology - influence how we interpret history

tendency to ignore/rationalize bad news

political socialization

parents, teachers, peers, church, media socialize individuals; as generation: major events, where you were born, tech

shapes the way we see the world/each other which could influence global interaction

"the greatest generation"

WWII generation: depression, US isolation, women in workforce

effects: hard working, responsibility rather than entitlement

shows how one generations affected by events - creates mindset [political party]

generational learning

develop worldviews based on what happened during their critical period

ex: people who grew up during Vietnam compare current war to Vietnam

ex: presidents with military experience

generations affected by events in their generation

PD game

always rational to defect in short term. in iterated game, better to cooperate. relative v. absolute gains - distribution of benefits

ex: N Korea ex: Hitler & Poland

every state has a relationship - have to think about self-interests

iterated games

tit-for-tat & reciprocity

Us & Canada

have to think about longrun v. short run gains

shadow of the future

short-term v. long term

"last-period problem": no future, people might cheat

colonialism

most of the world colonized, not in best interests of the colonists

ex: Britain in new world, france in africa [borders]

strategic, military, resources, influence

direct colonial rule

french in africa: imported administrators from home country.

worse off than british colonies, dependent on home country

trade

uti possidetis

borders at independence should be accepted from then after. [berlin conference]

1810-1821.

contradictory maps, south american colonies fighting

societal mobilization

how crisis can bring people together and affect society

ex: women & minorities entering workforce in WWII

greatly affects politics - transforms society

cuban missile crisis

fear of war - caused us and russia to realize the gravity of nuclear war

increased coop

fashoda

compromise

UK & France reconciling sudan to fight germany

enduring rivalry

6+ MIDs, at least 20 yrs long type of militarized rivalry

ex: India/Pak over Kashmir

tend to be more conflictual, more devoted to winning

proto-rivalry

3-5 MIDs in 15 yrs

ex: former yugoslavia 1990s

affects foreign policy

BRL model

basic rivalry level or punctuated equilibrium

political shocks

major events that fundamentally changes to processes & relationships in int'l system

ex: end of cold war ended rivalry us & ussr but also proxy wars

early developers

britain 1700-1800s & france - textiles, iron, rail, factories

no established competitors

slow growth

context of dvlp changes over time - industries/tech change

late developers

us & germany mid-late 1800s & russia early 1900s

steel, chem, electrical

more advanced tech - required stronger institutions to overcome barriers [banks, gov't]

late-late developers

third world 20-21st centuries

advanced tech, high entry costs,

advantages of backwardness

late-late developers can focus on today’s key sectors learn from earlier successes & failures acquire tech w/o much research & dev can attract investment w/ low labor cost more sources of foreign aid. so rapid initial growth spurts

barrier/wave models

barriers block actor's goals, and when barrier changes ins trength over time, they test it.

ex: middle east & n africa - auth gov't, military & secret police

historical norm

developed over time influences others

ex: human rights

the "third wave"

now it's the norm to be dem. started 1974 - still ongoing.

"now it's the norm to be democratic"

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