Class 2 - Idealism/Liberalism (2024/2025) Lecture Slides PDF
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UCLouvain
2024
Dr. Valentina Brogna
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These are lecture slides for a class on idealism and liberalism in international relations. The lectures cover various theoretical frameworks and historical events. The UCLouvain university logo is visible on the title slide..
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2024/2025 CLASS 2 – IDEALISM / LIBERALISM Lecturer : Dr. Valentina Brogna (replacing Prof. Amandine Orsini) WHAT IS A THEORY? “A system of constructs (concepts) and propositions (relationships between those constructs) that collectively presents a logical, systematic, and...
2024/2025 CLASS 2 – IDEALISM / LIBERALISM Lecturer : Dr. Valentina Brogna (replacing Prof. Amandine Orsini) WHAT IS A THEORY? “A system of constructs (concepts) and propositions (relationships between those constructs) that collectively presents a logical, systematic, and coherent explanation of a phenomenon of interest within some assumptions and boundary conditions” (Bacharach 1989, cited in Bhattacherjee 2012, 25). THEORY IS IMPORTANT... It helps us to see the wood for the trees. Good theories select out certain factors as the most important or relevant if one is interested in providing an explanation of an event. Without such a sifting process no effective observation can take place. The observer would be buried under a pile of detail and be unable to weigh the influence of different factors in explaining an event. Theories are of value precisely because they structure all observations. (Stoker, 1995: 16-17) The long stable 19th century in Europe WORLD WAR I (1914-1918) 1919: first Department of International Politics, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Alfred Zimmern - inaugural holder of the Woodrow Wilson Chair of International Politics. “in memory of the fallen students of our University for the study of those related problems of law and politics, of ethics and economics, which are raised by the prospect of a League of Nations and for the truer understanding of civilisation other than our own” IDEALISM WILSONISM 14 point speech - General association of nations Institutional Liberalism - Disarmament - Public diplomacy Republican Liberalism - Free trade Economic Liberalism - Self-determination INSTITUTIONAL LIBERALISM PEACE IS POSSIBLE through Institutionalised dialogue and agreements among nation states REPUBLICAN LIBERALISM Idealists: - democracy - education ECONOMIC LIBERALISM Idealists: Organized Free Trade T H E L E A G U E O F N AT I O N S I N T H E 1 9 2 0 S https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWc5-thIkEQ COMPOSITION - Council - Assembly - Secretariat REFORM OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM PEACE IS POSSIBLE RESPONSIBILITY DEMOCRACY FREE TRADE WORLD GOVERNMENT OPTIMISM REALISM REVISITING INSTITUTIONAL LIBERALISM: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPqIJOVCT80 The United Nations System UN Principal Funds and Programmes1 Organs UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research UNRWA2 United Nations Relief and Works Agency UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development ITC International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNSSC United Nations System Staff College UNDP United Nations Development Programme UN-Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Subsidiary Bodies UNU United Nations University General UNCDF United Nations Capital Development Fund Empowerment of Women WFP World Food Programme Assembly Main and other sessional UNV United Nations Volunteers Other Entities committees UNEP United Nations Environment Programme Disarmament Commission UNFPA United Nations Population Fund Research and Training Institutes UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Human Rights Council UNISDR United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme UNICRI United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research International Law Commission Institute UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services Standing committees UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and ad hoc bodies UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNIDIR2 United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research Security Council Related Organizations Advisory Subsidiary Body CTBTO Preparatory Commission Preparatory Commission Subsidiary Bodies for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Peacebuilding Commission Military Staff Committee IAEA1, 3 International Atomic Energy Agency Counter-terrorism committees Peacekeeping operations and political missions OPCW Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Sanctions committees (ad hoc) WTO1, 4 World Trade Organization International Criminal Tribunal Economic and for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Standing committees and ad hoc bodies Specialized Agencies 1, 5 Social Council FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations UPU Universal Postal Union ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization WHO World Health Organization Functional Commissions Regional Commissions Other Bodies IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization ILO International Labour Organization WMO World Meteorological Organization Published by the United Nations Department of Public Information DPI/2470 rev.3—13-38229—August 2013 Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice ECA Economic Commission for Africa Committee for Development Policy Narcotic Drugs ECE Economic Commission for Europe Committee of Experts on Public Administration IMF International Monetary Fund World Bank Group Population and Development Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations IMO International Maritime Organization IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction Secretariat Science and Technology for Development ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues ITU International Telecommunication Union and Development Social Development ICSID International Centre for Settlement ESCAP Economic and Social Commission United Nations Group of Experts UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific of Investment Disputes Statistics for Asia and the Pacific on Geographical Names and Cultural Organization Status of Women IDA International Development Association Other sessional and standing committees UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development ESCWA Economic and Social Commission IFC International Finance Corporation Sustainable Development and expert, ad hoc and related bodies Organization for Western Asia United Nations Forum on Forests UNWTO World Tourism Organization MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency International Court Notes: of Justice Departments and Offices DPKO Department of Peacekeeping Operations SRSG/SVC Office of the Special Representative of the 1 The United Nations, its Funds and Programmes, the Specialized Agencies, IAEA and WTO are DSS Department of Safety and Security Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict all members of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB). EOSG Executive Office of the Secretary-General 2 OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNODA Office for Disarmament Affairs UNRWA and UNIDIR report only to the General Assembly (GA). DESA Department of Economic and Social Affairs 3 OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner UNOG United Nations Office at Geneva IAEA reports to the Security Council and the GA. DFS Department of Field Support for Human Rights 4 WTO has no reporting obligation to the GA, but contributes on an ad hoc basis to GA and DGACM Department for General Assembly OIOS Office of Internal Oversight Services UN-OHRLLS Office of the High Representative for Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) work on, inter alia, finance and development issues. the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing 5 and Conference Management OLA Office of Legal Affairs Specialized agencies are autonomous organizations whose work is coordinated through Countries and Small Island Developing States Trusteeship DM Department of Management OSAA Office of the Special Adviser on Africa 6 ECOSOC (intergovernmental level) and CEB (inter-secretariat level). UNON United Nations Office at Nairobi Council 6 DPA Department of Political Affairs SRSG/CAAC Office of the Special Representative of the The Trusteeship Council suspended operation on 1 November 1994, as on 1 October 1994 Palau, the last United Nations Trust Territory, became independent. DPI Department of Public Information Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict UNOV United Nations Office at Vienna This is not an official document of the United Nations, nor is it intended to be all inclusive. REVISITING REPUBLICAN LIBERALISM: Democratic Peace Theory Doyle: historically, liberal democracies have not gone to war against other liberal democracies Russett: Cultural / normative explanation Instrumentalisation by liberal democratic governments: Structural explanation More democracies = more peace Þ let’s export democracy “enlargement doctrine” REVISITING REPUBLICAN LIBERALISM: New Liberalism There’s no such a thing as national interest. Andrew Moravcsik, “Taking Governments represent internationally Preferences Seriously: A Liberal the interests of the groups/individuals Theory of International Politics” which have access/are capable to put (1997); pressure to them. READINGS SHACKELFORD 2021 - Common heritage of humanity In what ways can the Common Heritage of Humanity concept be related to idealism/liberalism? HEMMINGS 2021 – Antarctic treaty system In what ways can the Antarctic treaty system exemplify idealism/liberalism? HOMEWORK SESSION 3 S T U DY S E S S I O N 2 ( S L I D E S , S U M M A RY O N M O O D L E , YO U R N OT E S )