Chapter 14 and zombies

Question 1

emergence of IR

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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

Question 2

Fredrick Dunn

Answer 2

pioneer of IR in the US

Question 3

non-state factors and IR

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non-state actors like- NGOS, terrorist orgs, and etc are taken into account in the IR study

Question 4

state in IR

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permanent population, defined territory, gov’t can control its territory and conduct International relationships with that territory

Question 5

nation

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referring to a people of an area who share the same beliefs, culture, customs etc

Question 6

nation-state

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one state contains one nation

Question 7

interstate

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entities that interact formally on an international level

Question 8

Empire

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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

Question 9

polis

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city state

Question 10

3 criteria for political communities

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1. ongoing association with a particular part of earth’s surface 2. a way of organizing ppl and resources 3. form of protection for them

Question 11

Athenian city states

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were the foundation of political theory surrounding the state

Question 12

Aristotle on the state

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states are not artificial constructs that separate humans from nature but are a natural habitat for humans

Question 13

statecraft

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skillful conduct of state affairs, in context of external relations

Question 14

Arthashatra, by Kautilya

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created works on statecraft in the ancient kingdoms of indus valley

Question 15

Nicollo Machiavelli

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wrote about statecrafts

Question 16

british empire

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most influential on the modern international system

Question 17

John Perkins definition of empire

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1. exploits resources of areas it dominates
2. cosumes large amounts of resources
3. large military to enforce policy
4. spreads its culture and art
5. taxes people in and out of their territory
6. imposes its currency on countries it controls

Question 18

Modernity

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change in culture, and social and political thought in Europe and North America due to the rise of industrialization, and enlightenment period

Question 19

peace of westphalia

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founding moment of modern sovereignty, and started this connection between the state and nation

Question 20

EU formation

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it was only the formation of the EU that established peaceful relations

Question 21

humanitarian intervention

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intervention for humanitarian reason trumps state sovereignty. State sovereignty entails the responsibility to protect the state’s inhabitants

Question 22

what brought about nationalism

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the rise of democracy

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3 characteristics of the modern state

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sovereignty, territoriality, nationality

Question 24

how did the French revolution influence the nation state

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French revolution turned people from being just subjects of the monarchy to being key actors of the nation

Question 25

concert of Europe

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an agreement among various European powers to meet regularly to resolve diplomatic problems

Question 26

end of colonialism

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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

Question 27

decolonization fails

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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

Question 28

weak state

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states that cannot deliver political social economic goods

Question 29

quasi-states

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developing states dependent on the support of the int’l community; negative sovereignty

Question 30

state failure

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weak states that also struggle with corruption, war, and etc

Question 31

liberalism in IR

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rational self serving action tends to produce outcomes beneficial to the majority

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contributor of to liberalism IR

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Immanuel kant

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Realism in IR

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struggle for power, everyman for himself, anarchy

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Hans Morgenthau

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politics trumps morality

Question 35

constructionism in IR

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concerned with the concepts what create these institutions and material factors.