Realism‚ as the name implies‚ is a concept that deals with reality‚ or the actuality of something. In film‚ the realism as a style does not imply that what is going on in the film is true to real life‚ but more that the techniques used while filming made it seem real. Documentary films are the closest to a truly realistic depiction of life‚ with actual people and events‚ however these are not the only films that deal with realism. In Ryan Fleck’s film‚ Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck‚ USA‚ 2006)‚ a realist
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Do institutions really matter? What are their consequences? Can they restrain states or get them to do something they otherwise would not do? The terms International Institutions and International Organizations are said to be interchangeable in the legal and formal sense in the study of International Relations. However‚ defining institutions in international relations is seen as quite fuzzy as it can include both International Organizations such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization
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Explain the liberal challenge to realism‚ and assess its effectiveness. Liberalism poses as an alternate framework to realism for understanding international relations. There are three main positions held by liberals that contrast those views held by realists. The issues of conflict and cooperation‚ relative and absolute gain‚ and the pessimistic and optimistic outlook on individuals will be focused on. Liberalism is effective‚ to an extent‚ in illustrating the rather one-dimensional approach
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Vita. La Dolce Vita would introduce us to a world almost never considered before in Fellini’s films‚ that of the bourgeois‚ or upper-class. A film following a protagonist from party to party among the rich is practically a slap in the face to the neorealist movement Therefore it is often said that Nights of Cabiria marks the conclusion of the first phase of his career and La Dolce Vita the beginning of the next. I prefer to see his films as a continuous visual timeline of Fellini’s artistic growth
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Elaborate upon the concept of Realism and Neo-Realism in international relations with a focus upon the works of Morgenthau and Waltz. Most theories of international relations are based on the idea that states always act in accordance with their national interest‚ or the interests of that particular state. State interests often include self-preservation‚ military security‚ economic prosperity‚ and influence over other states. Sometimes two or more states have the same national interest. For example
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How and why does anarchy influence the behaviour of states? Helen Milner suggests that “In much current theorizing‚ anarchy has once again been declared to be the fundamental assumption about international politics. Over the last decade‚ numerous scholars‚ especially those in the neo-realist tradition‚ have posited anarchy as the single most important characteristic underlying international relations.” (1991‚ 67). This is a key piece of information when trying to understand how states react to
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Influence of Religion on Developing Societies David Lyons Jr. HIS 103 World Civilizations 1 Instructor: Justin Lawrence June 18th‚ 2012 Introduction Religion has always had some influence on civilization. From the past to the present it has shaped the way civilizations interact‚ communicate and even fight wars. Religion started out with the different complex societies instilling their rules upon families and then allowing those kinds of families to organize into local government systems
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debates and internal bureaucratic struggles and serve as international normative symbols of modernity and identity and as such have to be treated with utmost care and with a sense of supreme responsibility by countries that hold them. According to neorealist theory‚ states
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POLITICAL SCIENCE 150: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Fall 2014 Mondays and Wednesdays 10am Stiteler Hall B6 Office Hours: Mondays 1:30-3:30pm or by appointment Professor Jessica Stanton Office: Stiteler Hall 214 Phone: (215) 898-7646 Email: jstan@sas.upenn.edu HEAD TEACHING ASSISTANT Ruolin Su suruolin@sas.upenn.edu TEACHING ASSISTANTS Julia Cramer Patrick O’Halloran Javier Revelo-Rebolledo Jeremy Springman cramerju@sas.upenn.edu pohal@sas.upenn.edu jrev@sas
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Pontecorvo‚ is a film which explores the Algerian struggle for independence between 1954 and 1962. The film is constructed using a documentary style and was filmed on the actual locations where events unfolded. The Battle of Algiers is an example of neorealist filmmaking which purports to give an objective‚ realistic account of the battles waged between the FLN (National Liberation Front) rebels and the French military. The formal elements of style which create the narrative can be examined using semiotic
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