First Exam Flashcards
Actors (International/Global)
This refers to any entity that plays a role in international/global politics, including states, other organizations, and groups.
International System
A system can be thought of as a whole that functions as a whole because of the interdependence of the parts.
What does the international system consist of?
Actors and the processes that they use to interact across state borders.
Interests
Interests being embedded with values and that actors want what they want because they attach value to it.
States
Synonymous with county
Who are the primary actors in the international system?
States
Modern State
A political organization which, during the later Middle Ages and the early modern period developed into a territorially unified and administratively centralized independent unit.
What is the modern state sometimes called?
Westphalian state
Peace of Westphalia
Associated with a transfer of power from Church to government.
State Jurisdiction
A domain of legal authority.
First Empire Building Round
1500-1700
Second Empire Building Round
1800s
First Proliferation of Modern States
1800s
Second Proliferation of Modern States
1945-1990
Third Proliferation of Modern States
End of the Cold War (1989)
How many members are in the UN?
193
How many members were in the UN originally?
51
Qualifications for a state in international law
1) A defined territory
2) A permanent population
3) Effective control over territory and population by a central government
4) The independent and competent ability to conduct relations with other states.
Nation
A group of culturally and historically similar people who feel a communal bond and who feel they should govern themselves to at least some degree; includes ethinic groups or ethnicities.
Physical MAPS
A unified reality divided only by natural features.
Political Maps
Politically defined territories, political boundaries or borders that place an overlay on the physical map.
Ethnic and Ethnonational Maps
Mapping cultural ares that designate those portions of the world who’s people share similar beliefs, customs, languages, and skills.
Multinationalism
More than one nation in the same state.
Irredentism
A nation having an interest in the recovery of territory culturally of historically related to nation but now subject to a foreign government.
