POLYS 103 Aug 22 Lecture 2Outline of Previous Lecture1. How to Read the economist2. Politics3. StatesOutline of Current Lecture1. States vs. Nations2. Trends in post-war world3. Trends in Cold war4. Trends in post- cold warCurrent Lecture 1. States are different from nations1. Nations are1. Demographic or culturally united people2. Group of people with some shared interest3. They seek to be politically independent4. Nations are about the peopleStates are about organized structures/governmentsThere can be a nation-state: a state full of united peopleState with multiple nationsA nation spread across many states2. Trends in the post war worldThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.1. There has been a historical shift in the last 75 yearsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.2. in 1939 during WW2 the major states were all of Europe (Britian, France, Gernamy)3. 1945- the US and USSR were major states4. now 2010, the USSR is gone, and the potentially important rising states are China, Brazil and India3. Trends in the Cold War1. US leadership2. Soviet challenge with nuclear weapons3. End of colonialism4. Increasing Interconnections (globalization)5. International politics was confrontational, but predictable4. Post cold war trends1. no USSR which meant no challenge to US2. No decolonialization3. It increased: US dominance- now bigger than everInterconnections-globalization really taking
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