Chapter 2 Flashcards
interests
what actors want to achieve through political action; interests/preferences and possible outcomes of actions would determine political action`
actors
groups of people with common interests
state
central authority that has ability to make and enforce laws within specific territory
sovereignty
expectation that states have legal & political supremacy in their own land
anarchy
absence of central authory/state
national interests
interests credited to state itself (security & power)
interactions
actions/ways in which choice of 2+ actors combine to produce political outcomes
cooperation
group adoption of policy that makes AT LEAST 1 actor better off WITHOUT making the other worse
bargaining
interaction when 2+ actors decide how to distribute something of value
-increasing one’s share decreases availability of share for others
coordination
type of cooperation where actors benefit from making the same choices -> no incentive to not comply
collaboration
type of cooperation where actors gain from working together but still have an incentive to not comply
public goods
products/outcomes that are nonexcludable and nonrival in consumption (national defense, security)
collective action problem
actors have incentitves to collab but don’t because they might have some conflicting interests (too many cooks in the kitchen)
free ride
failing to contribute to public good while benefiting from contributions of others
interation
repeated actions with the same partners
linkage
linking of cooperative acts for one issue to interactions on second (start with one project then jump to the next)
power
ability to get other actors to do somehting they wouldn’t usually do
coercion
stategy of imposing or threatening to impose taxes on other actors to induce change in behavior
outside option
alternative to bargaining with specific actor
agenda setting
actions taken before or during bargaining that make reversion outcome more favorable than war
institutions
set of rules created by actors that determine how states known and shared by community that structure interactions in specific ways
