LIBERAL THEORIES
Important points
- Woodrow Wilson
- thoughts of Locke
- Children of Light
- Emmanuel Kant
- Perpetual Peace
Introduction
- first school of International politics based on idea of Woodrow Wilson
- Children of Light
- optimistic about transformation in the state of international politics
- requirement for transformation
- power of ideas
- out of box thinking
- based on thoughts of Locke
Intellectual Precursors
- John Locke
- Emmanuel Kant
- Perpetual Peace
- ideas
- democracy/republicanism in place of monarchy
- free trade
- Richard Cobden
- throw the politicians out if want peace
- Norman Angell
- Book: the Great Illusion
- great illusion to think war are profitable
- Woodrow Wilson
- 14 points speech
Schools of Liberalism
- Liberal Institutionalism
- sociological Liberalism
- Functionalism
- Interdependence
- Democratic Peace
- Complex Interdependence