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Liberalism
Liberalism
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
10/11/2008

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Essential Principles of Liberalism
Definition
• A. Freedom of conscience
o 1. Freedom from arbitrary authority. First Amendment Rights
• B. Freedom of opportunity
o 1. Social-Economic Rights. Equality of opportunity in education, employment, commitment to the right to own private property.
• a.) Commitment to Capitalism through the right to own private property. Socail-Capitalism-state intervention
• b.) Laissze-faire Capitalism- little state intervention
• C. Freedom to elect one’s government
o 1. To secure these rights one must have a elected gov.
Term
The Natural of International Politics
Definition
• a.2) Liberalism: society- IR not an anarchy, a society. Have outlaws and bad actors, still society. Some are positive, some not. Organization that promote peace between states. Liberals look @ IR law.
Term
Liberals and International Law
Definition
When a law is made it is not necessarily followed, yet if it is not followed considered a bad, or hush hush thing

 Ex. Geneva Protical of 1925-prohibite use of chemical weapons. Liberalists acknowledge that they were dirty weapons. What is the different between chem. And a missal? Protical say no.
 Vadiva Kazetch- Bosnian Serb. On trial for genocide
 Ex. Geneva law prohibited torture of POWs. Means it is still going on, people deny it. As it is generally recognized as shameful.
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Liberals and their Institutions
Definition
 Liberals look to WTO, NATO need them to help with failed states and genocides.
Term
Realists and Liberalists Sum of Parts
Definition
 Realists-see these things as not very important. Sum of the parts do not equal the whole.
 Liberalisms-somethimes the sum of the parts do equal the whole.
Term
Realists and Liberals Analysis of Actors
Definition
• b.) Realists: rational unitary actor: national interest, talk about it as a whole.
• b.2) L: rational, but not unitary. Care about domestic politics. Black box states.
Term
Liberals-Looking inside a state
Definition
To understand a state's interest and see their intentions
Term
Liberals Progress
Definition
people can learn. Although they are egoistic, people can learn. Create WTO, create Amnesty Int’l.
Liberal most important institution is democracy. Engine of progress. Believe if they can spread democracy they can change the relations between states
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Liberals- Materialism
Definition
emphasizes ideational approach, the role ideas play.
o a.) Free trade-how to organize the economy. Say that free trade is how we have a liberal economy.
o b.) Nationalism-part of a larger whole
o c.) Distribution of power. Matters how the government is split up.
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