Chapter 6 Flashcards
Regional IGOs include
European Union
African Union
Associations of southeast asian nations
Southern cone common market
International norms
Leaders can expect certain behaviors from their international counterparts
What was the impact on voting when many colonies in Africa and Asia gained independence in the 1950s and 1960s and joined the UN?
It meant the US found itself in the minority on many issues
UN security council
Maintains international peace and security
What are the permanent members of the UN council?
China US Great Britain Russia France
What can permanent members of the UN do that no permanent members cannot?
Veto power
What has UN done to provide long term support to countries after peacekeeping missions end?
Create peace building commissions to coordinate reconstruction, institution building, and economic recovery
Who nominates the secretary general in the UN?
Security council
Who approves the secretary general in the UN?
General assembly
International integration
The gradual shifting upward of sovereignty from state to regional or global structures
Functionalism
The theory that technological and economic development lead to more supranational structure as states seek practical means to fulfill certain activities
Neofunctiionalism
The theory that economic integration generates a political dynamic that drives integration further
The first step in creating cross cutting linkages in Europe after WWII preventing future wars called for the merging of
Steel and coal industries
Germany and France
At the core of the EU is a unified set of tariffs with regard to goods coming in from outside the free trade area.
This is called a
Customs Union
The Common Agricultural Policy allowed for
Agricultural subsidies in one country to be extended to the other member states
