Ch. 3- Liberal and Social Theories

Question 1

A political and economic situation in which two states are simultaneously dependent on each other for their well-being

Answer 1

Interdependence

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Neoliberal institutionalism

Question 3

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)

Answer 3

Intl. regime

Question 4

The formation of a broad alliance of most major actors in an intl. system for the purpose of jointly opposing aggression by any actor

Answer 4

Collective security

Question 5

The proposition, strongly supported by empirical evidence, that democracies almost never fight wars against each other (although they do fight against authoritarian states)

Answer 5

Democratic peace

Question 6

A movement in IR theory that examines how changing intl. norms and actors’ identities help shape the content of state interests

Answer 6

Constructivism

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Postmodernism

Question 8

Meanings that are implicit or hidden in a text rather than explicitly addressed

Answer 8

Subtext

Question 9

A categorization of individuals based on economic status

Answer 9

Economic classes

Question 10

A branch of socialism that emphasizes exploitation and class struggle and includes both communism and other approaches

Answer 10

Marxism

Question 11

The development and implementation of peaceful strategies for settling conflicts

Answer 11

Conflict resolution

Question 12

The use of a third party in conflict resolution

Answer 12

Mediation

Question 13

The glorification of war, military force, and violence

Answer 13

Militarism

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Positive peace

Question 15

A centralized world governing body with strong enforcement powers

Answer 15

World government

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Peace movements

Question 17

A strand of feminism that believes gender differences are not just socially constructed and that views women as inherently less warlike than men

Answer 17

Difference feminism

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Liberal feminism

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Postmodern feminism