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Ideologies in World Afairs
PGDIR Lecture
Dr. A.S.M. Ali Ashraf
Associate ProfessorDepartment of International RelationsUniversity of Dhaka
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International RelationsDefinition
IR is an aca&emic &iscipline that investi$ates theinteractions -et een various actors in internationalpolitics.
Actors in international politics inclu&eState Actors
/ra&itional Great Po ers 0hina' %rance' Russia' U1' USMi&&le Po ers 0ana&a' Germany' (apanRisin$ Po ers 23RI0 0ountries4 3ra5il' Russia' In&ia' 0hina
6on7State ActorsInternational 8r$ani5ations 2I8s4 /he Unite& 6ations6on Governmental 8r$ani5ations 26G8s4 3RA0Multinational 0orporations 2M60s4 3P' 0onoco Philips' I3M
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Four Theoretical
Approaches to IR Political RealismInternational system is anarchicDomestic political system as ell as the &istri-ution of po er in the internationalsystem &etermine states9 -ehaviorInternational politics can -e characteri5e& as po er politics
Li-eral InternationalismInternational politics is not necessarily conflictualStates -uil& international institutions to cooperate ith each otherInstitutions create norms an& rules that states a$ree to follo
Ra&ical /heory
International system is a hi$hly stratifie& capitalist system0lass &ifferences &etermine in&ivi&ual actions an& state -ehavior
Social 0onstructivismStates are sociological actors' not strategic actorsStates9 interests are not fi:e&' -ut mallea-le an& chan$in$State system is not material -ut inter7su-;ective
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Introduction to Ideologies=hat is i&eolo$y>
A political -elief system>An utopia>
A threat to or$ani5e& reli$ion>A rational ay of thinkin$>En& of 0ol& =ar En& of i&eolo$y>"?++ Return of i&eolo$y>
E:ample of $ran& political @ economic i&eolo$iesLi-eralism 0ommunism an& Socialism 0onservatism6ationalism @ Revolutionary i&eals
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Useful Readings0assels' Alan. )**
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Introduction to IdeologiesMeanin$ of i&eolo$ies
A political -elief system>An utopia>
A threat to or$ani5e& reli$ion>A rational ay of thinkin$>En& of 0ol& =ar En& of i&eolo$y>"?++ Return of i&eolo$y>
E:ample of $ran& political @ economic i&eolo$iesLi-eralism 0ommunism an& Socialism 0onservatism6ationalism @ Revolutionary i&eals
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Meanings o IdeologiesAlan 0assels
I&eolo$y has a hole ran$e of useful meanin$s' not all of hich arecompati-le ith each other.H
Manfre& Ste$erI&eolo$ies are political -elief systems' ith $ran& visions a-out the
orl& an& the nee& for social chan$e.
0onceptuali5in$ i&eolo$yScience of i&eas
isionary speculationI&le theori5in$%alse consciousnessSophisticate& thinkin$ Intellectuali5e& kno le&$eUnsophisticate& thinkin$ Mass people9s -elief system
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Origin and evolution o
ideology/he %rench Revolution challen$e to the -our$eoisie societyEmphasis on reasons' an& rationality
Destutt &e /racy6ational Institute of Arts an& Sciences' Paris
Dero$atory punch -y the Mar:ists an& other ra&ical scholarsEmphasis on the e:ploitation of the mass people -y the capitalists0ritiJue of the 6a5i i&eolo$y an& its effect on the out-reak of the ==IIan& the persecution of the (e s
0ol& =ar=estern capitalism vs Soviet an& eastern communism
Post 0ol& =ar/riumph of capitalism
Post7"?++ EraReli$ious fun&amentalism
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0haracteristics of I&eolo$yA set of closely relate& i&eas hel& -y a $roupA -roa& interpretation of human con&ition
Simplistic' monocausal e:planation of all thepast an& future historyA &octrine ith special claims upon theattention of its -elievers
Do$matic -eliefs' hostility to ar& un-elieversLinks ith po er an& political stru$$le
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Major ideologies and their impact inworld afairs
Li-eralismUS policy
0ommunism0hina' 6epal
6ationalismAra- uprisin$
/otalitarianism6a5i Germany an& fascist Italy -efore ==II
/errorismarious reli$ious an& non7reli$ious $roups an& in&ivi&uals
Developmentalism6G8s' 0ivil Societies vs State
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Liberalism
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Three ores o !i"eralism
MoralPersonal Li-erty0ivil Li-ertySocial Li-erty
PoliticalIn&ivi&ual consentRepresentation0onstitutionalismPopular soverei$nty
Economic%ree market economyUtility an& utilitarian ethics
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Moral ore o !i"eralismPersonal li-erty
In&ivi&ual protection a$ainst $overnment%ree&om to think' talk' an& reli$ionRi$ht to ;ustice
0ivil li-erty%ree&om of thou$ht' action' an& e:pression%ree&om of association an& meanin$ful participation in socialan& political sphere of the state
Social li-erty
Proper reco$nition to allo people to flourish their capa-ilitiesReco$nition of collective ri$hts an& responsi-ilities for a $roupof peopleEJual opportunities an& the elimination of &iscrimination
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