Chapter 14 and zombies Flashcards
emergence of IR
became a formal field of study after WW1 started out by answering the question what causes war and what is necessary for peace in the international community
Fredrick Dunn
pioneer of IR in the US
non-state factors and IR
non-state actors like- NGOS, terrorist orgs, and etc are taken into account in the IR study
state in IR
permanent population, defined territory, gov’t can control its territory and conduct International relationships with that territory
nation
referring to a people of an area who share the same beliefs, culture, customs etc
nation-state
one state contains one nation
interstate
entities that interact formally on an international level
Empire
a system in which one country directly or indirectly dominates weaker countries. It usually looks like different regions or countries being dominated by one central power
polis
city state
3 criteria for political communities
- ongoing association with a particular part of earth’s surface 2. a way of organizing ppl and resources 3. form of protection for them
Athenian city states
were the foundation of political theory surrounding the state
Aristotle on the state
states are not artificial constructs that separate humans from nature but are a natural habitat for humans
statecraft
skillful conduct of state affairs, in context of external relations
Arthashatra, by Kautilya
created works on statecraft in the ancient kingdoms of indus valley
Nicollo Machiavelli
wrote about statecrafts
british empire
most influential on the modern international system
John Perkins definition of empire
- exploits resources of areas it dominates
- cosumes large amounts of resources
- large military to enforce policy
- spreads its culture and art
- taxes people in and out of their territory
- imposes its currency on countries it controls
Modernity
change in culture, and social and political thought in Europe and North America due to the rise of industrialization, and enlightenment period
peace of westphalia
founding moment of modern sovereignty, and started this connection between the state and nation
EU formation
it was only the formation of the EU that established peaceful relations
humanitarian intervention
intervention for humanitarian reason trumps state sovereignty. State sovereignty entails the responsibility to protect the state’s inhabitants
what brought about nationalism
the rise of democracy
3 characteristics of the modern state
sovereignty, territoriality, nationality
how did the French revolution influence the nation state
French revolution turned people from being just subjects of the monarchy to being key actors of the nation
concert of Europe
an agreement among various European powers to meet regularly to resolve diplomatic problems
end of colonialism
WW2 came with it the end of colonialism because the war had been a great cost to European nations. colonized areas also started wanting self-determination
decolonization fails
European colonizers created arbitrary bounders that did not take into account ethnic boundaries make nation-building during decolonization hard. The boundaries were kept even after decolonization. The leaders of these nations were educated by Europeans so even after colonization the European system sustained itself
weak state
states that cannot deliver political social economic goods
quasi-states
developing states dependent on the support of the int’l community; negative sovereignty
state failure
weak states that also struggle with corruption, war, and etc
liberalism in IR
rational self serving action tends to produce outcomes beneficial to the majority
contributor of to liberalism IR
Immanuel kant
Realism in IR
struggle for power, everyman for himself, anarchy
Hans Morgenthau
politics trumps morality
constructionism in IR
concerned with the concepts what create these institutions and material factors.
