Slide 10 WestCal Political Science 5 Western Political Thought 2016WestCal Academy
Political Science 5 - Western Political Thought provides an overall perspective of major political movements of history from the rising of Egyptian, Greek and Roman Empires to Fascism and Communism as seen by great political thinkers from Plato, Aristotle, and St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Marx, and Lenin. Students will analyze the most important ideas and theories that have been developed from the time of the ancient Greeks to the present day. Students will learn that the American Founding Fathers designed a viable representative government by first dedicating themselves to careful study of the political philosophy of Europeans, with particular attention given to British political thinkers from the 16th and 17th century. The founding fathers focused primarily on the natural rights of man, which in turn varied according to the individual philosopher studied. Over the course of their study, the founding fathers openly discussed their opinions with one another so as to properly bring forth differing views in order to prudently construct a government that would protect individual liberty, as well as determine what was required of government to protect civil liberties. The class is taught from the perspective of industry professionals with knowledge of how classical and modern political continues to influence American government. Students will learn of multiple career options relating to the field of political science.
Slide 10 WestCal Political Science 5 Western Political Thought 2016WestCal Academy
Political Science 5 - Western Political Thought provides an overall perspective of major political movements of history from the rising of Egyptian, Greek and Roman Empires to Fascism and Communism as seen by great political thinkers from Plato, Aristotle, and St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Marx, and Lenin. Students will analyze the most important ideas and theories that have been developed from the time of the ancient Greeks to the present day. Students will learn that the American Founding Fathers designed a viable representative government by first dedicating themselves to careful study of the political philosophy of Europeans, with particular attention given to British political thinkers from the 16th and 17th century. The founding fathers focused primarily on the natural rights of man, which in turn varied according to the individual philosopher studied. Over the course of their study, the founding fathers openly discussed their opinions with one another so as to properly bring forth differing views in order to prudently construct a government that would protect individual liberty, as well as determine what was required of government to protect civil liberties. The class is taught from the perspective of industry professionals with knowledge of how classical and modern political continues to influence American government. Students will learn of multiple career options relating to the field of political science.
This presentation is on structural realism. It explains the different or similar views of offensive and defensive realists on stability, war and best possible stable international system.
Relations among states take place in the absence of a world government. For realists, this means that the international system is anarchical. International relations are best understood by focusing on the distribution of power among states. Despite their formal legal equality, the uneven distribution of power means that the arena of international relations is a form of ‘power politics’. Power is hard to measure; its distribution among states changes over time and there is no consensus among states about how it should be distributed. International relations is therefore a realm of necessity (states must seek power to survive in a competitive environment) and continuity over time. When realists contemplate change in the international system, they focus on changes in the balance of power among states, and tend to discount the possibility of fundamental change in the dynamics of the system itself.
The following key thinkers all subscribe to these basic assumptions in their explorations of the following questions:
(1) What are the main sources of stability and instability in the international system?
(2) What is the actual and preferred balance of power among states?
(3) How should the great powers behave toward one another and toward weaker states?
(4) What are the sources and dynamics of contemporary changes in the balance of power?
Despite some shared assumptions about the nature of international relations, realists are not all of one voice in answering these questions, and it would be wrong to believe that shared assumptions lead to similar conclusions among them. In fact, there is sharp disagreement over the relative merits of particular balances of power (unipolarity, bipolarity and multipolarity). There is also much debate over the causal relationship between states and the international pressures upon them, and the relative importance of different kinds of power in contemporary international relations.
This presentation is on structural realism. It explains the different or similar views of offensive and defensive realists on stability, war and best possible stable international system.
Relations among states take place in the absence of a world government. For realists, this means that the international system is anarchical. International relations are best understood by focusing on the distribution of power among states. Despite their formal legal equality, the uneven distribution of power means that the arena of international relations is a form of ‘power politics’. Power is hard to measure; its distribution among states changes over time and there is no consensus among states about how it should be distributed. International relations is therefore a realm of necessity (states must seek power to survive in a competitive environment) and continuity over time. When realists contemplate change in the international system, they focus on changes in the balance of power among states, and tend to discount the possibility of fundamental change in the dynamics of the system itself.
The following key thinkers all subscribe to these basic assumptions in their explorations of the following questions:
(1) What are the main sources of stability and instability in the international system?
(2) What is the actual and preferred balance of power among states?
(3) How should the great powers behave toward one another and toward weaker states?
(4) What are the sources and dynamics of contemporary changes in the balance of power?
Despite some shared assumptions about the nature of international relations, realists are not all of one voice in answering these questions, and it would be wrong to believe that shared assumptions lead to similar conclusions among them. In fact, there is sharp disagreement over the relative merits of particular balances of power (unipolarity, bipolarity and multipolarity). There is also much debate over the causal relationship between states and the international pressures upon them, and the relative importance of different kinds of power in contemporary international relations.
Liberalism internationalism in the American Foreign PolicyIssa Adeli
Liberalism internationalism is similar to liberalism in the US foreign policy. So, it is important to understand nuances. Patrick Callahan's book, "Logics of American Foreign Policy, Theories of America’s World Role" is helpful in this regard.
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
Students, digital devices and success - Andreas Schleicher - 27 May 2024..pptxEduSkills OECD
Andreas Schleicher presents at the OECD webinar ‘Digital devices in schools: detrimental distraction or secret to success?’ on 27 May 2024. The presentation was based on findings from PISA 2022 results and the webinar helped launch the PISA in Focus ‘Managing screen time: How to protect and equip students against distraction’ https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/managing-screen-time_7c225af4-en and the OECD Education Policy Perspective ‘Students, digital devices and success’ can be found here - https://oe.cd/il/5yV
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
The Art Pastor's Guide to Sabbath | Steve ThomasonSteve Thomason
What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
3. COURSE LECTURE: WEEK 10 (2)
• Social Theories
• Collective Security
• The Waning Of War
• Peace Studies
• Democratic Peace Theory
• Kant & Peace
• Liberal Institutionalism
• Liberal Challenge to Realism
– International Regimes
4. COURSE LECTURE: WEEK 10 (3)
• Why Gender Matters
• Gender In War & Peace
• Women In IR
• Constructivism / Rationalism
• Constructivism / Feminism
• Postmodernism
• Marxism & Gender Theories Like Feminism
5. TAXES
• From tariffs to income tax
• 16th Amendment passed in 1913
• Progressive Tax System
• Guiding societal norms of behavior
• Deductions, penalties
• Social Welfare Programs
• We are all on the welfare dime….everyone!
6. REALISM
• Human nature is the predominant
factor in a nation-state’s foreign policy.
• Abrupt philosophy focused on the
inherent evils of mankind.
• World is wrought with anarchy.
• Hard power: economic & military.
• Survival is the key!
7. RATIONAL CHOICE
• People base their decisions according
to self-interest…as they define that
self-interest to be.
• Making a rational choice requires
perfect information.
• Emotions interfere with rational choice.
8. LIBERAL THEORIES
• Realism offers mostly dominance solutions
to the collective goods problems of IR.
• Alternative theoretical approaches that draw
mostly on the reciprocity or identity principles
are called liberal theories.
• These approaches are generally more
optimistic than realism about the prospects
for peace.
9. LIBERAL INSTITUTIONALISM
• Liberal institutionalism cannot adequately
explain how to maintain a stable international
system in a post-Cold War world.
10. COLLECTIVE SECURITY (1)
• John J. Mearsheimer lists nine reasons why states
may be unwilling to base their fate on collective
security systems:
1. Can only work when states are able to
differentiate between aggressor and victim and
utilize force against the later.
2. Collective security assumes that all aggression
is wrong.
3. States may be for historical or ideological
reasons, overly friendly.
11. COLLECTIVE SECURITY (2)
• Concept grows out of liberal institutionalism.
• Refers to the formation of a broad alliance of most
major actors in an international system for the purpose
of jointly opposing aggression by any actor.
– Kant
– League of Nations
– Organization of America States, Arab League, and
the African Union
12. COLLECTIVE SECURITY (3)
4. States that have shared hostile relations in the
past may not be willing to cooperate.
5. States that agree to combat aggression may
not be able to distribute the burden associated
with doing so.
6. States have difficulty reacting quickly in a
collective security system.
7. States may not be willing to join a collective
security system, as a local conflict can become
international.
13. COLLECTIVE SECURITY (3)
8. Forcing states to instantaneously react to
aggression impinges on state sovereignty.
9. Responsible states that normally see war as
repellent may not be willing to rescue
threatened states.
14. THE WANING OF WAR
• In recent years, a strong trend toward fewer wars
has become evident.
• The current period is one of the least warlike
ever.
• World wars killed left whole continents in ruin.
• Cold War – proxy wars killed millions and the
world feared a nuclear war that could have
wiped out our species.
15. INTERNATIONAL REGIMES
• Set of rules, norms, and procedures around which
the expectations of actors converge in a certain
issue area.
• Participants have similar ideas about what rules
will govern their mutual participation.
• Regimes can help solve collective goods problems
by increasing transparency.
• Conception of regime.
• Enforcement and survival of regimes.
• Role of permanent institutions such as the UN,
NATO, and the IMF.
18. KANT & PEACE (1)
• What explains this positive trend toward peace?
• Kant gave 3 answers over 200 years ago:
1.States could develop the organizations and rules
to facilitate cooperation (UN).
2.Peace depends on the internal character of
governments - specifically republics, with a
legislative branch.
3.Trade promotes peace, relies on the
presumption that trade increases wealth,
cooperation, and global well-being.
19. KANT & PEACE (2)
• Kant argued that states could join a worldwide
federation and respect its principles.
• Remain autonomous
• But forego certain short-term individual gains
• Kant: International cooperation more rational option
than going to war.
• To realists, war is a rational option; to liberal
theorists, war is an irrational deviation that
results from defective reasoning and that harms
the interests of warring states.
20. KANT & PEACE (3)
• Neoliberal approach differs from earlier liberal
approaches in that it concedes to realism several
important assumptions:
• States are unitary actors rationally pursuing their
self-interests, but they say states cooperate
because it is in their self-interest.
• Mutual gains better than cheating or taking
advantage of each other.
• State that neorealist’ pessimism is unjustified.
States cooperate MOST of the time.
• Positive reciprocity
21. WHY GENDER MATTERS
• Feminist scholarship seeks to uncover hidden
assumptions about gender.
• Core assumptions of realism reflect the ways in
which males tend see the world.
• No such thing as a “feminist approach” to IR.
• Difference feminism: gender differences
important and fixed
• Liberal feminism: gender differences are trivial
• Postmodern feminism: gender differences
important but arbitrary and flexible
22. GENDER IN WAR AND PEACE
• Difference feminists find plenty of evidence to
support the idea of war as a masculine pursuit.
• Males usually the primary, and often only,
combatants in warfare.
• Testosterone.
• Both biologically and anthropologically, no firm
evidence connects women’s care giving functions
with any particular kinds of behavior such as
reconciliation or nonviolence.
• Idea of women as peacemakers has a long history.
• Gender gap.