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Core Ideas of Liberalism correct answers Rationality, Individualism, Progress Individualism correct answers - the individual is the basic building block of liberal ideology - provides bottom up view - transfer individual preferences into state-formed policy - a source of moral value Rationality/Reason correct answers 1. Philosophical -humans are endowed with reason naturally which enables them to remake their environment 2. Scientific - States and individuals are rational actors with ranked preferences and create optimal strategies Progress correct answers - reason + individualism = progress - international environment may be anarchic, but it can be remade into something more peaceful and orderly Why are democracies less likely to go to war with one another? correct answers - political elites are held more accountable - democratic norms are non-violent - democratic states have better information - war tends to cost more Commercial Pacifism correct answers - free trade brings mutual gains - war restricts access to markets - the cost of war begins to outweigh the benefits - trade creates interdependence, and therefor peace International Institutions (Liberalism) correct answers - promote peace and cooperation by sharing of information, coordinating response to collective action, and making defection easier to detect Kant correct answers - the Perpetual Peace (Democratic Peace Theory) Liberal Order correct answers - open markets - international institutions - cooperative security - democratic processes - collective problem solving Ikenberry's 3 Phases of Liberal Order correct answers 1. Failed institutions of interwar period 2. Post WW2 order reconstructed by US 3. A future where local institutions become the dominant authorities Problems with Liberal Order correct answers - liberal order is buckling under pressure