Exam 1 Flashcards
1
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Components of a state
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- government
- territory
- people
- recognition
- leader
2
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Realism
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- states are most important actors in global politics
- states pursue tier interests, defined as power
- maximization of power
- power politics perspective
- selfhelp to protect its own interests
- states are competitive
- conflict is inevitable
- military force
- power considerations must come first
- refrain from applying moral principals to state actions
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Liberalism
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- multiple actors (Transnational actors IGO’s, substate actors)
- multiple issues, not just military security (economic, ideological, religion, and cultural issues)
- limited effectiveness of military force (states are concentrated in their use of military power, expect more cooperation in global politics
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Idealism
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- morals and values shape individual and state behavior
- more normative perspective (what should we do based on “normal” behavior.
- War must be our last resort
- humans are basically good
- believe in international organizations
- cooperations is desirable for peace
- Woodrow Wilson (1918)
- 14 points
- League of Nations (1919-1946)
- Self determination
5
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Dependency Theory
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- colonization made them poor (imperialism)
- even after decolonization, the core continues to exploit the periphery
- seeks equality and justice-normative arguments
6
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Neo-Marxism
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- focused on: the competition among economic classes
- central arguments: the more powerful classes oppress and exploit the less powerful
- political relationship between rich and poor —> globalization of class struggle to world regions
7
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Constructivism
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- important aspects of global politics, are socially “constructed” through values, norms, beliefs and discourse
- approach rather than theory
- states interests and identities are complex and changing
- power politics, anarchy, or military force cannot explain changes
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Feminism perspective
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- consistant w.constructivism perspective
- argues that international relations theorizing is largely bases on masculine assumptions and reasoning
- realism ignores weaker states
- argues that women have been systematically omitted.
9
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Essentail feminism
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- argues that gender differences are biologically determined
- women are less prone to conflict and more cooperative
10
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Liberalism feminism
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- gender role are socially constructed or created and reinforced by the social environment
- focuses on unique contributions that women can make
11
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Core
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industrialized countries (north america, eastern Europe )
12
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Periphery
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extraction of raw materials (africa, latin america)
13
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Sovereignty
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right to rule, right to do what you want other’s don’t have a say on domestic state affairs (Native American reservations)
14
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End of the Cold War
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- Fall of the Berlin Wall
- Soviet Union disbanded
- Disarmament effort between the US and soviet union
- China’s pro-democracy demonstrating
- China’s rapid economic growth
- Perestroika and Glasnost
- Revolutions in Eastern Europe
- Warsaw Pact officially disbanded
- War in the Gulf
15
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Bush Doctrine
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- George W. Bush
- unilateralism (doing it alone)
- preemption (strike before)
- Military strength
- Advocates democratizing in the middle east (created war)
16
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New World Order
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- George W. H. Bush
- democratization
- globalized markets
- multilateral cooperation
17
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Failed states
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- unstable countries with no clear functioning government -food storage, refugee crisis, significant human rights violations
- implications the international community
18
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5 nuclear powers
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- China
- France
- US
- UK
- Russia
19
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Globalization
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- interdependance
- integration
- interrelatedness
20
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Economic globalization
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- trade, productions, and investment being multinational
- regional economic unions
- exclusive economic union
- “gated globalization”
- WTO
- MNC’s
- Spread of economic and financial crisis
- Shift in the balance of economic power
21
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Political globalization
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- increased importance of IGO’s and NGO’s
- Global governance- collective actions
22
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Cultural globalization
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- exchange of food, music, people, products, ideals and technology across national boundaries
- Americanization
- coca-colonization
23
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Nation
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- community sharing a common identity
- common collective identity
- often based on shared ethnicity, language, religion, or historical experience
- psychological concept
24
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Multinational State
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UK
North and South Korea
25
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Stateless nation
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- Pakistan
- Kurdistan
26
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Nation States
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-group of people who have developed a state for themselves
US, Israel
27
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Measuring power
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- indicators of military establishment
- the size and quality of military establishment
- Geopolitics
- relationship between geography and political power
- population size
28
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Multinational Cooperations (MNC’s)
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- foreign directed investment
- increased number on subsidiaries
- success many of the largest economic unit are cooperations not stated
- serve as sources of power for state
- serve as a challenge to state power
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NGO’s
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- organized volunteer activity
- interested in #’s 3,000
- typos, economic, service, advocacy
- Issues environment, human rights/ ect.
- functions
- monitors commitments
- participate in negotiation
- research
30
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Terrorism organizations
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- membership, support, targets, activities, or aim that cross state boarder
- also can be international operations
- terrorism challenges the state system
31
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Rational actors models
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- assumes individuals are rational
- decision process
- clarify goal(s)
- weighing of alternatives and consequences
- optimal courses of action
32
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Opperational Code
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- the beliefs of political leaders about the nature of the political universe and the ways dealing with others in politics
- general way of describing leaders ideologies and orientations to politics
33
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Images
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-set of belief’s or perceptions that leaders have about another country regarding its capabilities, motivations, political systems and culture
34
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Enemy image
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- belief that another country is inherently threatening and immoral
- mirror image- when leaders of two countries hold enemy image of each other ( Russia vs. US)
35
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Historical analogies
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- belief that a current situation, event and or leader is very similar to something or someone from the past
- exaggerating the similarities will likely produce poor decisions
- vietnam syndrome
- Hong Kong’s pro democracy movement
36
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Cognitive consistency theory
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taking information that is consistent with beliefs that they already hold
