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| International relations: International relations is the study and practice of interactions among nations, including diplomatic, economic, cultural, and strategic exchanges. It examines how countries and global actors engage, cooperate, and compete in addressing international issues. See also Foreign policy, Politics, Foreign aid, Peace, War, Development economics._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Libertarianism on International Relations - Dictionary of Arguments
Gaus I 230 International Relations/Libertarianism/Lamont: [an] ongoing contribution of libertarian-inspired theories is in the area of relations between nations. The economic success of both the North American Free Trade Agreement and the European Economic Union have increased the momentum towards global free trade. Although various other liberal theorists have also supported free trade, libertarians have usually been its most vocal advocates. Wages/First world/Third world: one of the main areas for discussion and research arises from the fact that a reduction in barriers to trade or immigration typically causes upward pressure on the wages/employment of workers in Third World countries and downward pressure on the wages/employment of workers in equivalent First World industries. First world: (...) the effect is most pronounced with respect to low wage occupations such as agricultural and labour-intensive manufacturing workers in First World countries. Libertarianism: Libertarians argue that keeping trade barriers up in order to protect low wage workers in First World countries makes much poorer people in Third World countries worse off. The poorer people's liberty to engage in consensual trade with consumers in First World countries is restricted, thereby denying them an important means of improving their economic well-being (Lomasky, 2001)(1). >Libertarianism/Political philosophy, >Distributive Justice/Libertarianism, >Universalism/Political philosophy. 1. Lomasky, Loren (2001) 'Toward a liberal theory of national boundaries'. In David Miller and Sohail Hashmi, eds, Boundaries and Justice. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Umversity Press, 55-78. Lamont, Julian 2004. „Distributive Justice“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Libertarianism Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
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