Ch. 3- Liberal and Social Theories Flashcards
A political and economic situation in which two states are simultaneously dependent on each other for their well-being
Interdependence
An approach that stresses the importance of international institutions in reducing the inherent conflict that realists assume in an intl. system; the reasoning is based on the core liberal idea that seeking long-term mutual gains is often more rational than maximizing individual short-term gains
Neoliberal institutionalism
A set of rules, norms, and procedures around which the expectations of actors converge in a certain intl. issue area (such as oceans or monetary policy)
Intl. regime
The formation of a broad alliance of most major actors in an intl. system for the purpose of jointly opposing aggression by any actor
Collective security
The proposition, strongly supported by empirical evidence, that democracies almost never fight wars against each other (although they do fight against authoritarian states)
Democratic peace
A movement in IR theory that examines how changing intl. norms and actors’ identities help shape the content of state interests
Constructivism
An approach that denies the existence of a single fixed reality and pays special attention to texts and to discourses - that is, to how people talk and write about a subject
Postmodernism
Meanings that are implicit or hidden in a text rather than explicitly addressed
Subtext
A categorization of individuals based on economic status
Economic classes
A branch of socialism that emphasizes exploitation and class struggle and includes both communism and other approaches
Marxism
The development and implementation of peaceful strategies for settling conflicts
Conflict resolution
The use of a third party in conflict resolution
Mediation
The glorification of war, military force, and violence
Militarism
A peace that resolves the underlying reasons for war; not just a cease-fire but a transformation of relationships, including elimination or reduction of economic exploitation and political oppression
Positive peace
A centralized world governing body with strong enforcement powers
World government
Movements against specific wars or against war and militarism in general, usually involving large numbers of people and forms of direct action such as street protests
Peace movements
A strand of feminism that believes gender differences are not just socially constructed and that views women as inherently less warlike than men
Difference feminism
A strand of feminism that emphasizes gender equality and views the “essential” differences in men and women’s abilities or perspectives as trivial or nonexistent
Liberal feminism
An effort to combine feminist and postmodernist perspectives with the aim of uncovering the hidden influences of gender in IR and showing how arbitrary the construction of gender roles is
Postmodern feminism
