Chapter 2 Flashcards
actors
the basic unit for the analysis of international politics: can be individuals or groups of people with common interests
State
a central authority with the ability to make and enforce laws, rules, and decisions within a specified territory
Sovereignty
the expectation that states have legal and political supremacy
national interests
interests attributed to the state itself usually security and power
coordination
a type of cooperative interaction in which actors benefit from all making the same choices and subsequently have no incentive to not comply
collaboration
a type of cooperative interaction in which actors gain from working together but nonetheless have incentives to not comply with an agreement
Public Goods
products that are a nonexcludable and nonrival in consumption, such as national defense
collective action problems
obstacles to cooperation that occur when actors have incentives to collaborate but each acts in anticipation that others will pay the cost of cooperation
free ride
to fail to contribute to a public good while benefiting from the the contributions of others
Iteration
repeated interactions with the same partners
linkage
the linking if cooperation on one issue to interactiomns on a second issue
power
the abilitly of Actor A to get Actor B to do something that B would otherwise not do
coercion
a strategy of imposing or threating to impose costs on each other actors in order to induce change
outside options
the alternatives to bargaining with a specific actor
Agenda-setting power
a “first mover” advantage that helps an actor to secure a move favorable bargain
