Chapters 9-12 Flashcards
Natural law
Sensible widely excepted norms of behavior that direct us to act with goodness and are recognizable through human reason. They should guide The relations among states & individuals and should we stream hostile or destructive interactions
Hegemony
The existence of an extraordinarily powerful group or country that sustains it’s domination over other actors for a long period of time
Group violence
Crime terrorism nation based conflict class conflict
Genocide
The killing off of a race or species
Guerrilla war
Fighting off hit and run style
Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants such as armed civilians or irregulars use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.
International relations
One of the four major subfield within political science that examines the interactions among states and other transitional actors as they pursue political goals. Subject of analysis include foreign-policy,Interstate conflict, globalization, and international law
Transnationalism
A system of institutions and relationships in which key actors loyalties and identities are not linked to any particular country. Many of these powerful actors for multinational corporation
Colonialism V. Neocolonialism
Colonialism is characterized by one state having extensive dominant over another state including manipulation or control of the key economic and military structure for the benefit of the dominant State
Neocolonialism is given to new more indirect forms of domination and dependents that are nearly as powerful as those under colonialism
Individual violence
Ordinary crime Assassination Duels Riots Rebellion
Class conflict
The third crucial concept of the class approach his class conflict. It is assumed that class is lower in the class system can increase their share of key values only at the expense of the classes above them. The fundamental any qualities in this distribution of value struggles between classes is inevitable
Geopolitics
And analytical method that assumes that the geography of the state is particular geographical location and also its physical characteristics, natural resources, and human resources; can significantly affect the domestic and foreign policy actions of the state
Soft power
A form of power exercise in which actor B is persuaded to agree to another actor (A) wants because B greatly admires A’s qualities cultures or ideals even if the agreement is not in B’s evident self intrest. In this situation there is no explicit use of either force or economic inducement the hard forms of power
Globalization
the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
“fears about the increasing globalization of the world economy”
Terrorism
Violent serving an underlying political objectives in which the target violence is a noncombatant. Those engaged in tears and can have a variety of political objectives such as a promotional because revenge or extraction resources. As a revolutionary strategy terrorism involves selective excellent usually buy small organized cells of political activist
Coup
Occurs when a top leader or part of a leadership group is replaced by violent means the explicit threat of violence
Diplomacy
One of the most by the use mechanism through which states communicate and enhance corporation is diplomacy, diplomatic practices enable a state skilled representatives to engage in regular discussions and negotiations with the representative of other states
Sanctions
When a group of states combined to withhold a desire good in order to presure A state the strategy can be called sanctions. To avoid using violence states or even United Nations apply sanctions to a country whose behavior they want to alter
Political violence
The use of actual physical violence a very serious threats of such violence to achieve political goals such as nuclear war
civil War
A form of political violence that occurs when a significant proportion of the population within a region actually supports the separatist movement and political violence emerges on a large scale
Revolution
The rapid and fundamental transformation of the state organization and the allocation of values in a society. The revolution often involves the use of force and violence to destroy the existing political system
CAUSES OF WAR
Newer nations are likely to initiate war than mature states
War is more likely and states that have effectively socialize their citizens to except the government’s actions on National security
The most warlike states have rising prosperity but a relatively poor though they are not very poor states
Countries with desirable geopolitical features have a higher probability of warfare
Foreign-policy
One states decisions and actions and it’s relations with all actors operating outside the states borders. Dealing with other nations
