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12 Cards in this Set
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Key figures |
John Locke Immanuak Kant John Stuart Hill Thomas Paine |
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Key tenants |
- Individual and his rights - supreme value of the individual’s rights and freedoms - individual’s rights are independent of the government O |
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Key ideas |
- Supreme value of freedom - Collective vs individual identity - State has legal authority - Should some groups have extra rights? Eg travellers |
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View on international politics |
- International system of states is anarchical - States are key actors - Humans act “rationally” - Cooperation is key to achieve peaceful+stable relations |
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Liberal idealism |
Relies on people acting rationally - States act rationally -States cooperate - Peace and stability established |
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International relations |
Cooperation between states, international institutions and actors, charities, companies etc |
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Economic and governmental |
- Society to protect and promote self interest of individuals - Capitalist economy - Free trade - Limited regulation |
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Pre 1914 liberalism |
Peace is the natural state, free trade leads to peace |
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Post 1918 |
Peace constructed by making international organisations regulating anarchy in international politics |
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Post 1945 |
More countries cooperate, non-cooperation has a higher cost. The rise of non-state actors in world politics |
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Post 1945 2 |
Democratic peace theory Linking of liberalism with democracy |
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Criticism |
- Capitalism and secularism undermine tradition and practices of non western world - Liberalism at the heart of social and economic inequality - Divisions in liberalism over interventionism and non-interventionism |
