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1.1: Power Vocabulary Flashcards

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Power

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The ability to influence other groups in global politics and achieve desired outcomes

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Soft power

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A state or group tries to achieve its aims through persuasion or influence (outreach, cultural ties)

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Hard power

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A state or group tries to achieve its aims through coercion (military force, sanctions)

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Smart power

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A state or group tries to achieve its aims through both force and persuasion (payment, diplomacy, trade/aid)

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Multinational

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Operating in more than one country e.g. multinational companies (MNCs)

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Ideology

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Opinions or beliefs, often linked to a particular political system or culture

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Democratic

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A system of government in which the population chooses those who govern them, through free and fair elections

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Intergovernmental

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Between or involving governments of different countries

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Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)

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Organizations composed primarily of sovereign states (referred to as member states)

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Military alliance

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A relationship or cooperation between states that are committed to using their armed forces in supporting similar military objectives

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Sanctions

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Official orders or laws stopping trade or communication with another state, as a way of forcing its leaders to make political changes

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Private sector

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The industries and services in a country that are owned and run by private companies, and not the government

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Public sector

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The industries and services in a country that are owned and run by the government

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Ideological

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Relating to political principles and structures for ordering government and society

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Unipolar

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When one state is more powerful than all the others

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Bipolar

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When two states are equally powerful, and the main competition is between these two powers and not others

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Multipolar

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When many states are powerful and compete with each other

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Realism

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Realists view global politics as being dominated by states and in which states are the most important actors in global politics, locked in competition and usually defending and prioritizing their own national interest above any other factors (a state’s hard power capabilities: military power, economic sanctions, incentives)

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Competition

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Seeking advantage over another actor or beginning a process where one actor wishes to achieve victory over the other

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Liberalism

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Liberals view global politics as benefiting from states and other actors working together, following international law, respecting human rights and having a broader range of core interests than their core interests (soft power capabilities: international institutions, international law, human rights, global trade)

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Offensive realism

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When states attempt to expand their power

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Defensive realism

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When states attempt to defend themselves against external threats

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Coalitions

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Groups of states who join together to achieve a particular purpose, usually a political one

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Economic power

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States influencing global politics through economic channels, based on economic size. Can be a method of hard power (sanctions) and needed for states to be strong military powers

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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The total value of all goods and services produced in a country, in one year, except for income received from abroad (method to measure a state’s economic power)

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per person

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Measures the size of the economy as a proportion of the total population (method to measure a state’s economic power)

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Economic growth percentage

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Measures the annual or quarterly percentage by which a state’s economy has grown or decreased (method to measure a state’s economic power)

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Inflation

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A continuing increase in prices, or the rate at which prices increase

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Recession

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A period of sustained negative economic growth, when there is less trade and business activity in a country than usual

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Military power

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States influencing global politics through military resources (land/air/sea), measured by a state’s military size or spending. Now primarily used against non-state actors or intra-state threats

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Airstrikes

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Attacks in which military aircraft drop bombs

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Insurgency

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An attempt by a group of people to take control of their government using force and violence

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Militant groups

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Non-state armed groups that are willing to use strong or violent action in order to achieve political or social change

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Authoritarian

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Strictly forcing people to obey a set of rules or laws, without consultation or scope for democratic challenge by the population

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Regime

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A government, especially one that was not elected fairly or that you disapprove of for some other reason

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Structural power

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States influencing global politics through its political ideas, structure, and frameworks, by promoting a favored political model e.g. democracy or capitalism

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Relational power

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States influencing global politics through using its relationships with other states to change state behaviors, with hard, soft, and smart power

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Social/cultural power

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States influencing global politics through exporting cultural resources across the world, connecting diverse populations at a human, rather than strategic, level

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Cyber power

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States influencing global politics through the internet, empowering individual and state groups to launch cyber attacks and invest in cyber security

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Anarchic

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Lacking any rules or order, or not following rules of society

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International law

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The set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations, serving as the framework for the practice of stable and organized international relations

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Uprisings

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Attempts by a group of people to change the government or laws in an area or state

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Diffused

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Spread amongst a number of different global political actors

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