Chapter 1: World Politics-Seeking Security in a Complicated and Connected World

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World politics

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political, economic, and social activities and interactions among states and a wide variety of non-state actors such as international organizations, non-state national and ethnic groups, transnational corporations, nongovernmental organizations and individuals

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Security

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survival and safety, typical referring to the military, intelligence, and law enforcement arenas but also including economic and human dimensions

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Three areas of security

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National and international, economic security, and human security

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National and international security

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This dimension involves issues related to national defense, conflict and war, and arms control and disarmament

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economic security

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this is reflected in trade competitors among countries, cooperation to ensure economic recovery, and efforts to deal with debt crises for developed and developing countries

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human security

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This is concerned with the quality of life that people experience
Shown in attempts to deal with environmental threats like global warming and deforestation and the protection of human rights

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Norms

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Commonly held standard of acceptable and unacceptable behavior

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Fundamental challenges to international relations

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Anarchy, diversity, complexity

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Anarchy

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The absence of central government in world power

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Diversity

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Variation in values, norms, identities, goals and other political, economic, and cultural factors in world politics

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Complexity

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The multidimensional issues, actors, and connections that characterize international relation

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Levels of analysis

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Different perspectives from which international relations may be examined

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Systemic or international level

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locating the causes of behavior and pitch,Es on the mature and characteristics of the international system

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State or national level

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locating the causes of behavior and outcome in the nature and characteristics of states/nations

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Individual level

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locating the causes of behavior and outcomes in the nature and characteristics

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Realism

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revolves around the issue of conflict and power and stresses the role of states pursuing their self-interests

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Liberalism

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tends to emphasize the cooperative approaches and addresses the role and influence of non-state actors

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Constructivism

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builds on the social construction of reality and stresses the role of the identity, ideas, culture, norms and interaction of people

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Foreign policy analysis

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emphasizes the individuals and groups who make decisions, and the processes and policies they produces

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Marxism

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stresses class based economic interests and the role of wealth and who controls it as the key to behavior

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Feminism

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focuses on gender issues and approaches, and asks what the world would be like if it were not historically dominated by men

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The prisoner’s dilemma

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a situation in which two prisoners must decide whether to collaborate with each other or not

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The stag hunt

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a situation in which hunters must decide whether to collaborate with each other or act on their own

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commitment problem

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countries have a hard time committing to cooperative courses of action that assure their partners that they will keep their end of the deal for mutual benefit and forego the possibility of their own short-term gains

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Collective action problem

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a condition in which the uncoordinated actions of individuals lead to less than optimal outcomes because, although many individuals would benefit from some cooperative access, few incentives lead any particular individuals to assume the costs of such action

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The five fields of political science

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Comparative politics
American politics
International relations
Political theory
Public administration/public policy

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Comparative politics

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involves study of the politics of different countries

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American politics

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Study of American political institutions and processes as well as the behavior of American citizens

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International relations

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the study of interaction between states as well as other actors:IGOs, NGOs, and MNCs)

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Political theory

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Involves the study of philosophical thought about politics from Ancient Greece to the present

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Public administration/public policy

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Study of government organizations and their relation to other parts of government