Power is a very complex concept such that most political scientist have different definitions of power or different ways of looking at it and explaining it .however power is one of the most important instruments in international relations ‚ Hans Morgenthau an American political scientist suggests that “international politics like all politics ‚ is a struggle for power. Power is central to realist thinking which can be dated back to Thucydides who said ‘the strong do what the have the power to do
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THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE‚ FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES. COURSE: POS 741 (THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS) TOPIC: ENVIRONMENTAL THEORIES GROUP MEMBERS: (1)OSAYIMWEN OSAHON GEORGE (2)IBIYEMI ENOCH OLAWALE (3)JOLAOSO AYOMIPO OPEYEMI TO BE SUBMITTED TO: DR E.U IDACHABA April‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION Environmental
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Contemporary international relations is a complex field. Understanding events and attempting to make sense of them can be a daunting task. There are‚ however‚ tools available‚ which can assist in providing clarity to these complex issues. The first of these tools is historic knowledge. Without historic background of an issue‚ it is nearly impossible to understand the events driving that issue in modern times. A second tool‚ the one which will be the focus of this paper‚ is international relations theory
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IPC2601/101/3/2013 Tutorial letter 101/3/2013 International Organisations Semesters 1 and 2 IPC2601 Department of Political Sciences IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This tutorial letter contains important information about you module. CONTENTS 1 1.1 2 2.1 2.2 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 6 7 7.1 7.2 7.2.1 7.2.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 8 9. INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME ................................................................................................................. 3 Tutorial
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The realist approach to international relations has its roots in the state ’s pursuit of power and the outright importance of the state above all else. Realism states that international relations should not be studied as how things should be but as how they are. We can distinguish between the ’economic person ’‚ the ’religious person ’‚ the ’moral person ’‚ the ’political person ’ etc. In order to understand politics‚ we must study only the ’political person ’ for example we should study the
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Power Power is an international relations concept. The effects of international power determine the extent that actors in the international arena can control their own fate and circumstances. In a report for the International Organization Foundation‚ Michael Barnett and Raymond Duvall present four types of international power that include compulsory power‚ institutional power‚ structural power and productive power. Compulsory power occurs when one actor directly exerts control over another. Institutional
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The question of whether International Relations is a distinct discipline has been a matter of consistent controversy. However‚ any field of study needs to fulfill certain criteria in order to be classified as a distinct academic discipline. Accordingly‚ I believe‚ that International Relations is indeed a ‘Distinct Discipline’ since it has many characteristics of a distinct academic discipline. International Relations can be interpreted by some to be ‘actual relations between states’ but in the
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editorial Introduction: militarization and international business Peter Stokes Lancashire Business School‚ University of Central Lancashire‚ Preston‚ UK 5 Ryan Bishop National University of Singapore‚ Singapore‚ and John Phillips National University of Singapore‚ Singapore Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce a special issue which looks into how militarization can be seen as an entity from which international business‚ management and organization can or cannot
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