First Principles Exercises

In 50-100 words describe the key features of the following philosophies/concepts.

Governance
1) Liberal democracy (some liberal democracies are more liberal than others) 2) Social democracy (see Scandinavia). 3) Guided democracy (see Singapore) 4) Dictatorship Economics 5) Communism 1) Efficient Market Hypothesis (Neoliberal) 6) Regionalism (pooled sovereignty) 2) Keynesian 3) Behavioural economics

Environment
1) Humanist ecology (Sustainable development) 2) Technological ecology Morality 3) Deep-green ecology 1) Kantian (people as ends, not means) 4) Tragedy of the Commons 2) Utilitarianism (preference and hedonistic)

Legal 1) Social Contract theory

2) J.S.Mills Harm principle 3) Aims of the Criminal Justice System 4) Zero Tolerance (broken windows) 5) Retributive Justice 6) Restorative Justice (harm minimisation) Business (Corporate Social Responsibility) 1) Stakeholder model 2) Shareholders only 3) Industrial Democracy Politics 1) Liberalism 2) Socialism/Communitarianism 3) Secularism

Others
1) Game Theory Science 1) Precautionary principle Security 1) Collective & Cooperative Security 2) Just war theory 3) Pre-emptive and Preventative war 4) Golden Arches peace theory 5) Democratic Peace theory Australian Politics 1) Federalism vs Unitary government 2) Bi-cameral vs Uni-cameral 3) Subsidiarity vs Centralised power 4) Party discipline (Aust vs USA) 5) Mandates

Feminism
1) 2) 3) 4) Liberal feminism Radical feminism Developing-world feminism Power feminism Development Theories 1) Dependency Theory 2) Liberalisation (free trade) 3) Export Promotion & Import Substitution 4) Capital Controls 5) Development as Freedom (Sen)

International Relations
1) Neoconservatism 2) Realism 3) Liberal Internationalism (multilaterialism) 4) Soft Power vs Hard Power 5) Constructive engagement vs Sanctions

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