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Ch 11,18,19,20 Flashcards

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Culture

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The sum total of a group’s learned behavior

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Neocolonialism

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Rich-country dominance by indirect, economic means

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Protestant ethic

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Weber’s theory that religion first ignited capitalism

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GDP

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Gross domestic product; sum total of goods and services produced in a country in one year

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Gini index

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Measure of inequality ranging from 100 for total inequality to 0

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Modernization theory

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Industrialization modernizes whole society

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Migration

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Resettling from one country to another

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Remittance

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Money sent back home

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Fertility rate

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Average number of babies per woman

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Political asylum

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Permission to remain in host country for those fleeing prosecution

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Market economics

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Capitalism

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Transparency

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Business and political transactions open to public view

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Crony capitalism

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Corrupt, secretive favors among government officials and business people

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Offshore

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To move production overseas

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Demonstration effect

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One country copying another’s success

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Diplomacy

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Official political contact among governments

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Bilateral

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Two countries

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Multilateral

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Several countries

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Embassy

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Chief diplomatic representation of one country to another

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Foreign ministry

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Branch of national government dealing with international relations

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Symbol

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Small thing or just her that makes a political statement

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Recognition

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One countries opening of diplomatic relations with another

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Anachronism

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Something in a longer fits the times

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Persona non-Grata

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Latin for unwanted person

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Consulate

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Branch of an embassy with limited function

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Foreign service

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Career corps of professional diplomats

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Third-party

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Someone not party to dispute

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Good offices

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Giving disputants a meeting place

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Meditation

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Suggesting compromises to disputants

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Arbitration

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Disputants agreement to help a third-party decision

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Consistency

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Observation of rules with no exceptions for oneself

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Reciprocity

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Doing to others what they have done to you

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Treaty

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Contract between nations

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Ratify

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To formally accept a treaty as binding

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Sanction

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Punishment for violation of IL

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Territorial limit

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Extent of sovereignty from states Shores

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Executive agreement

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International commitment of less importance than a treaty

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Exclusive economic zone

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Fishing and mineral rights 200 miles from shore belong to that country

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Habeas corpus

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Right detainee to appear before Judge

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Precedent

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Legal reasoning based on previous examples

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De facto

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In fact simplest form of recognition often informal

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De Jure

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In law; higher form of recognition

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Human rights

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Freedom from government abuse such as torture, or jail

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War crimes

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Mistreating prisoners or civilians

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Jus ad Bellum

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Traditional rules on the right to go to war

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Jus in bello

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Traditional rules on behavior in war

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Geneva Covention

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Modern rules on behavior in war

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Civil rights

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Ability to participate in politics and society such as voting, free-speech, and quality

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R2P

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Responsibility to protect; theory that outside powers may intervene to stop regimes from abusing their own citizens

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Collective security

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Agreement by all countries to automatically punish aggressor states

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Veto

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Blocking a measure by just one vote against

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Proximity talks

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Disputants negotiate through nearby mediator not face-to-face

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Peacekeeping

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Third-party military forces to stabilize a cease-fire

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Functionalism

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Gaining countries cooperation and specialize matter so it spills over into general cooperation

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Cease fire

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Mutually agreed-upon pause in war

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ROE’s

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Rules of engagement

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Mission creep

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Tendency of modest peacekeeping goals to expand

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NGO

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Nongovernmental organization

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