St. Joseph
Church
Bristol, Connecticut
Deacon Robert M. Pallotti
Pastoral Minister
Charted Political Approaches
to War and Peace: Realism, Liberalism and Socialism
Variants of Political Realism *
Variant: Machiavellian Fundamentalist
State of War: Domestic/International
Actors: Individuals
Source of the State of War: Ambition
Strategy of Peace: Imperialism
Variant: Hobbesian Structuralists
State of War: International/Homogeneous
Actors: States
Source of State of War: Anarchy
Strategy of Peace: Balance of Power
Variant: Rousseauian Constitutionalists
State of War: International/Heterogeneous
Actors: States
Source of State of War: Interests
Strategy of Peace: Isolation/defense/revolution
* Doyle, Michael W. Ways of War and Peace: Realism, Liberalism,
and Socialism. W.W. Norton Co.,
New York, London, 1997, p. 198.
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Variants of
Modern Liberalism*
Variant: Institutionalists
State of War: international homogeneous
State of Peace: "inconvenienced" uncertain,
troubled
Actors: individuals
Source of State of War: prejudice misinformation
Strategy of Peace: international law
Variant: Commercialists
State of War: international heterogeneous
State of Peace: among capitalists
Actors: market/societies
Source of State of War: autocratic imperialism monopolism
Strategy of Peace: free trade, capitalist development
Variant: Internationalists
State of War: international heterogeneous
State of Peace: "pacific union" among republics
Actors: republics/nonrepublics
Source of State of War: autocratic diversion/liberal
crusading
Strategy of Peace: republican enlargement
* Doyle, op. cit. p. 302
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Variants of
Modern Socialism *
Variant: Marxists
State of War: international and domestic; heterogeneous
between classes
State of Peace: among Socialists
Actors: classes
Source of State of War: class exploitation
Strategy of Peace: democratic revolution
Variant: Leninists
State of War: interational and domestic; heterogeneous
State of Peace: among Communists
Actors: finance capital/Communists vanguards
Source of State of War: monopoly competition "uneven
development"
Strategy of Peace: war and revolution
* Doyle, op. cit. p. 366
Compiled by Deacon Robert M. Pallotti, D. Min.
Created 8/14/1998
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