POLYS 103 September 3 Lecture 6Outline of Last Lecture I. Drezner bookII. LiberalismIII. NeoconservatismIV. Gain theoryV. ContructivismOutline of Current Lecture II. Lower levels of analysisIII. Interest groupsIV. Bureaucratic politics (theories)Current Lecture1. Lower levels of analysis1. Argues that international politics are not determined by states rules but by domestic policies of states2. Executive branch of the government operates with less input from other instututionsof domestic politics, but public opinion does play a role in influencing the decisions of states.1. Interest groups: influence world politicsExample: coalPolicies benefit one group/hurt anotherex: Agriculture vs. manufacturing in 1870-1900s Manufacturing became larger and agriculture shrank2. Theory argues that domestic policies affect international relations3. Bureaucratic Politics theoriesThese 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. The responses of government are the result of the “pulling and hauling” amoung different parts/ sections of bureaucracy2. different sections of the government have standard responses for dealing with occurances1. When situations occur that are not standard, then the government can often make bad decisions 1. Do nothing2. Respond with things that don't make sense2. Bureaucracies are pretty bad at being “flexible”3. Bureaucracies are also bad at cooperation with other bureaucracies4. Governments are not uniform, and many sections are not on the same page 5. Different federal agencies don't get along generally1. They don't like to share resources/ cooperate6. State department is in charge of the states foreign policy7. military organizations are clearly bureaucracies8. The key is figuring out when a states action is “non-rational” because a bureaucracy is just confused or following a Standard Operating Proceedure, and when a state is being more flexible9. The theory doesn't tell us when this is happening, just that we need to pay attention to the fact that it MIGHT be happeningThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a
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