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World Politics
Chris Bickerton Lecture Notes
Fernanda Águila-Marín Moreno
,Introduction to World Politics
Table of Contents
1 Conceptualizing World Politics 4
Why study world politics? 4
Where to start? 5
Bull on the domestic analogy 6
On the "democratic peace" theory 7
Summary 8
Conclusion 10
2 The historical origins of the modern state system 11
Sovereignty: a definition 11
Origins 12
Europe before Sovereignty 13
The Emergence of the Sovereign State 14
Conclusion 17
3 Regional integration: Europe in a comparative perspective 18
Definitions 18
Regions as a way to achieving a balance of power? 20
History of European integration 21
Integrations without Supranationality 23
Comparative regionalism 23
Conclusion 24
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, Introduction to World Politics
4 From Brezhnev to Brussels: transformations of sovereignty in Eastern
Europe 25
EU Enlargment 28
Dynamics of Enlargement 29
Enlargement as continuity? From Brezhnev to Brussels 29
From strong to weak parliaments 30
5 Unequal sovereigns? The changing foundations of international law 32
Defining International Law 32
Relationship between law and politics 34
Why IL may not be law? 34
A history of international law 35
Phases of International Law 36
The Case of the ICC 38
6 Intervention, human rights and the politics of protection 40
Origins of Humanitarianism (!) 40
Needs vs Rights: a debate 42
Humanitarian intervention 43
Emergence of a new norm? 44
The RP: responsibility to protect (R2P) 45
Conclusion 47
7 Security, war and the state 48
What is security today? 48
Intra-State war vs inter-state war 50
Security as property 51
Securitization? 52
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World Politics
Chris Bickerton Lecture Notes
Fernanda Águila-Marín Moreno
,Introduction to World Politics
Table of Contents
1 Conceptualizing World Politics 4
Why study world politics? 4
Where to start? 5
Bull on the domestic analogy 6
On the "democratic peace" theory 7
Summary 8
Conclusion 10
2 The historical origins of the modern state system 11
Sovereignty: a definition 11
Origins 12
Europe before Sovereignty 13
The Emergence of the Sovereign State 14
Conclusion 17
3 Regional integration: Europe in a comparative perspective 18
Definitions 18
Regions as a way to achieving a balance of power? 20
History of European integration 21
Integrations without Supranationality 23
Comparative regionalism 23
Conclusion 24
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, Introduction to World Politics
4 From Brezhnev to Brussels: transformations of sovereignty in Eastern
Europe 25
EU Enlargment 28
Dynamics of Enlargement 29
Enlargement as continuity? From Brezhnev to Brussels 29
From strong to weak parliaments 30
5 Unequal sovereigns? The changing foundations of international law 32
Defining International Law 32
Relationship between law and politics 34
Why IL may not be law? 34
A history of international law 35
Phases of International Law 36
The Case of the ICC 38
6 Intervention, human rights and the politics of protection 40
Origins of Humanitarianism (!) 40
Needs vs Rights: a debate 42
Humanitarian intervention 43
Emergence of a new norm? 44
The RP: responsibility to protect (R2P) 45
Conclusion 47
7 Security, war and the state 48
What is security today? 48
Intra-State war vs inter-state war 50
Security as property 51
Securitization? 52
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