第一章 IR_4_Liberalism自由主义国际关系理论.pptVIP

Part four : Liberalism Questions Do you believe that international relations can be cooperative rather than conflictual? What are the reasons for a government to make decision to cooperate (or not) with other states? What is the generation mechanism of cooperation? By what mechanism, one state can achieve cooperate with other states? 4. Does the cooperation among the states change the behaviors of the states? Why? Use example. 5. Does cooperation among the states change the characteristics of International relations? Does this behavior change the extent of anarchy state of IR? 6. What long-term effects do regimes have on national political systems and the structure of world politics? Contents Introduction: basic liberal assumptions Sociological liberalism Interdependence liberalism Institutional liberalism Republican liberalism Neorealist critiques of Liberalism Liberalism: the current Research Agenda Basic liberal assumptions Nonstate actors are important entities in world politics. (international organization, multinational corporations, human rights and environmental groups); Basic liberal assumptions 2. The state is not a unitary actor.( individuals, interest groups, and bureaucracies, lobby); 3. Challenge the realist assumption of the state as rational actor ( misperception, miscalculation, pressure, often suboptimal) Basic liberal assumptions 4. The agenda of international politics is extensive. ( socioeconomic issues: trade, monetary, energy, famine, pollution, and degradation of environment, etc.) Basic liberal assumptions 5. A positive view of human nature;( faith in human reason; individuals are self-interested and competitive, but the individuals also share many interests and can thus engage in collaborative and cooperative social action, domestically as well as internationally; human reason can triumph over human fear and the lust for power. ) 6. A conviction that international relations can be cooperative rather than conflictual; 7. A belief i