sts between the evolutionary ì
character of memetics and that of genetics.ì
4. Unanticipated meme structures may exist.ì
Within the context of the theory of memetics, ideas are ì
infectious, and spread around the world in a way similar to that ì
& Selective, or evolutionary, characteristics of ì
human thought create an environment within which the fittest, or ì
strongest, ideas survive. The theory of memetics visualizes the ì
world as "one vast information ecosystem wherein memes of many ì
kinds compete to find host organisms within which to live." & 3.ls1
Unlike "genes, whose purpose is survival of the organism, some ì
memes . . . are contrary to human survival." ,
Regime theory describes patterns of cooperation among ì
< The patterns of cooperation, as posited by ì
regime theory, "correspond to a set of principles, norms, rules, ì
Robert Keohane acknowledged the significance of economic ì
interests in the creation and functioning of international ì
regimes, as well as employing aspects of economic theory in the ì
11R. O. Keohane, After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in ì
the World Political Economy, 3rd ed. (Princeton, New Jersey: ì
Princeton University Press, 1994), 57-59.
- In this context, the liberal ì
international arrangements for trade and international finance ì
may be interpreted as responses to the need for policy ì
coordination created by the fact of interdependence. These ì
arrangements, or international regimes, contain rules, norms, ì
principles and decision making procedures.ì
Keohane's analysis was concerned primarily with the period ì
stretching from the end of the Second World War to the ì
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