World Order Models Project Critical of Realism and traditional IR in five ways State centrism search for power and conflict Narrow focus on state security failure to see other challenges Claim of objectivity Disregard facts that suggest the system is not working Focus on power and not human rights Richard Falk WOMP Leader Goal create a foreign policy that emphasizes peace social justice economic well being ecological balance and an appreciation nonviolent revolutionary programs supported if the end result is a peaceful democratic and just society Falk rejects violence that does not respect the innocence of civilians Falk in 1995 On Humane Governance abolish all wars by challenging actors that promote war and conflict for profit rule based system control arms and maintain rules of war increase accountability among leaders punish those who violate international law global collective security system deal with human suffering protecting the innocent Richard Falk WOMP WOMP calls for activism we are all guilty and we need to make a difference all politics must be seen as defined by normative concerns concern should be the cartography of human suffering will things get better every child is born with the message that God is not yet discouraged with humanity Next Marxists Neomarxists Why transform the system Marxism and Neomarxism Class conflict now global core states exploit periphery Lenin capitalism is by nature imperialist Search for cheap labor raw materials markets and investment opportunities Forms of imperialism still exist financial investment imperialism and the globalization of production For Marx Lenin war is a class struggle imperial cause of war a struggle for profits markets and resources Other Marxist views Lenin s stages of Imperialism Investment drive Home markets are saturated and capitalists look for high returns Market problems Domestic consumers cannot absorb all products Owners seek new markets Owners seek cheap labor and raw materials Goal is to maximize profits and control of territory is best strategy colonies Imperialism pushed also by nationalism cultural factors and political ambitions Is Marxist a Utopian idea Agrees with Kant community of humankind workers a classless and stateless society a cosmopolitan society Moral imperative deal with exploitation alienation and injustices of capitalism estrangement from the state Marxism today is challenging the neoliberal orthodoxy Disagrees with Grotius reflected capitalist interest state serves interests of economic elite justified capitalist expansionary wars Marx view on change economic development changes in the modes of production workers aware of their exploitation and alienation political consciousness class struggle
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