Running Head: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
International Political Economics
International Political Economics
Democracy is successfully achieved through a process and a foundation for the society. It is as advocated by the western countries leads to a stable and secure environment, it has however not been so in other countries. Kaplan’s theory on population and urbanization states that youth’s opportunity creates development. Political development has to be advanced for investments. It is through this that jobs would be created. I support Kaplan’s “worst case scenario” and also the impact of cultivating a sense of tragic.
Kaplan, Robert D. “A Sense of the Tragic: Developmental Dangers in the Twenty-first Century.” Jerome E. Levy Occasional Paper Economic Geography and World Order 2 (2001): 5-16. Web. 3 May 2010
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The theory on population and urbanization is dependent on creation of opportunity. Kaplan argues of dangers of development. It creates unrest in the society. Development leads to independency resulting to colonization requiring expansion of territories hence unrest. The alternative is favored.
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In the worst case scenario, Kaplan states development creates threat. Urbanization poses a burden, unemployed youths is set to increase and breakage of states. Rural-urban migration causes increase in crime and lack of services; democracy doesn’t help but expand the problems of aspects of life. Democracy is unnecessary for poor and weak countries.
Kaplan, Robert D. “A Sense of Tragic: Developmental Dangers in the Twenty First Century.” Jerome E Levey Occasional Papers August 2001: Paper 2.
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Democracy is unnecessary for poor and weak countries. Development is a threat to security and peace; there is a fast social change for the regions. Concepts of democracy and technological advancement have a neutral value; the problem is in the region applied. Instances like liberalization and ideologies lead to violence and turmoil.
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Unemployed youths lead to unrest in their countries. Healthy economies are necessary to address national security objectives.
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Preparation for worst case scenario is necessary. Societies are loyal to their race. Democracy has principles it’s the implementation is wrong. The wealth of nation is important with transparency and good governance.
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Principles in democracy are important but good implementation lacks. Geopolitical problems grow with time from the aspects of life (Jeffrey).
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Democracy is dependent on its principles in accordance with views held about it (Taylor).
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The morals in a society are based on norms and rules; recognizing objectivity to relativity (Jeff).
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There is an extended fear of superlatives and absolutes in the world (Taylor).
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Reality and truth is framed according to one’s own will and actions; brain interpretations.
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Laws violated don’t invalidate the law, objective truth and/or absolute standards of norms belief is a personal choice and view reliant on facts and experiences.
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Future is handled by being pessimistic and having utopian ideals; democracy and technology. Increased youth population versus educational and job opportunities, increased urbanization versus availability of social amenities, good governance and technology use by non-state actors lead to disintegration and are plausible.
Bibliography
Kaplan, Robert D. “A Sense of Tragic: Developmental Dangers in The Twenty First Century.” Jerome E Levey Occasional Papers August 2001: Paper 2.
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Increased youth population versus educational and job opportunities, increased urbanization versus availability of social amenities, good governance and technology use by non-state actors lead to disintegration. The new political structure is transforming states.
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It is dangerous to temper the zeal for democracy while additionally democracy is not utopian.
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Marxism is not the height of utopian ideals.
Pei, Minxin. “Will the Chinese Communist Party Survive the Crisis? How Beijing’s Shrinking Economy May Threaten One-Party Rule” Foreign Affairs, March 12, 2009.
Available at: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/64862/minxin-pei/will-the-chinese-communist-party-survive-the-crisis
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Development and not poverty lead to revolution. Development dangers don’t hinder it. Autocracies don’t value law, literacy and middle class etc. as they threaten power. Technology and democracy don’t cause problems but human nature and power lust.
Kaplan, Robert D. A Sense of the Tragic: Developmental Dangers in the Twenty-first Century, Jerome E. Levy Occasional Paper in Economic Geography and World Order, Number 2, Newport RI: Naval War College Press, August 2001.
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Democracy and liberal ideals need gradual introduction for the population to absorb them.
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Democratization and technological advancement are principle development dangers. Democracy is not a panacea; its spread is not a strategy in foreign policy.
Kaplan, Robert D. “A Sense of the Tragic: Developmental Dangers in the Twenty-first Century.” Jerome E. Levy Occasional Paper Economic Geography and World Order 2 (2001): 5-16. Web. 3 May 2010.
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Democracy is not a strategy in foreign policy.
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Capitalist and economic freedom and growth of free trade promotes democracy. Democracy is a just system and had evolved in definition of rule by people. Liberalism is an alternative to democracy.
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Ikenberry, G. John. “Why Export Democracy?” Wilson Quarterly, Spring 1999, pp. 56-65.
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Weede, Erich. “Capitalism, Democracy and the War in Iraq.” Global Society: Journal of Interdisciplinary International Relations 21.2 2007. 219-227. Web. 13 Apr 2010. Academic Search Premier. Retrieved at Norwich University Library.
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Democracy has no chance to be carefully chosen by a country. But an alternative to democracy may or may not achieve desired results in current conflicts.
