PSCI 2602 Exam (Essay 1)
Cox Quotes on Historical Mat (2) - correct answer-1. "Hegemony is a complex of intl social
relationships which connect the social classes of the different countries."
2. "World hegemony is a social structure, economic structure and political structure, it
cannot be one of these things, it must be all three"
Gilpin Quote on definition of IPE - correct answer-IPE is the reciprocal and dynamic
interaction of the pursuit of wealth and the exercise of power"
rec: pol basis of economic organizations
and pol consequences of uneven economic growth
Historical Materialism Concepts - correct answer-1. grow or die (activ under capitalism =
accumulation)
2. unequal exchange
3. class analysis (who owns means of prod)
4. power is connected to class
5. imperialism starts in the nation, classes are globally expansive not def by citizenship
Historical Materialism def - correct answer-the assumption that material forces (class
conflicts) are the prime movers of history and politics; a key philosophical tenet of Marxism
Historical Materialism IPE - correct answer-1. class as primary unit of analysis
2. society = fusion of state and class
3. idea of core and periphery, some activities yield H value, peri yield L value
4. history moves forward (not cyclical)
Liberal Concepts - correct answer-1. division of labour
2. comparative advantage
3. relative vs absolute gains (ok if growth benefits some more than others)
4. conflict (can have positive outcome)
5. laissez faire
6. interdependance (relying on other nations)
Liberal IPE - correct answer-1. state as one of many actors
2. state is the product of many institutions (pluralist)
3. rational
4. market economy as spontaneous order (naturally occurring)
5. assumed preferences
Pax Britannica - correct answer-Era of peace produced by British power and hegemony in
the 19th century.
1. bourgeois rev bc of the way economic was organized
2. those values defined Britain and were exported/ emulated abroad
3. Britain became chief defender of these values worldwide and also they resonated abroad
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