Global Interstate (M) Flashcards
This refers to an organized institution that governs international relations for mutual benefit
Global Interstate System
this is an interaction of space wherein they want to collaborate or cooperate and be able to establish intergovernmental organizations
Global Interstate System
How states govern themselves?
Promoting international coordination
Thru: educational, scientific, and cultural reforms to increase universal respect for justice, the rule of law, human rights, and fundamental freedom
States govern themselves by promoting international coordination through?
educational
scientific
cultural reforms to increase universal respect for justice
the rule of law
human rights
fundamental freedom
What are the 4 attributes of today’s global system or world politics key attributes?
- There are countries or states that are INDEPENDENT and govern themselves
- These countries interact with each other through DIPLOMACY
- There are INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS that facilitate these interactions
- International organizations also TAKE ON LIVES of their own
T or F
Not all states are nations and not all nations are states
T bading
Is a system of organization in which people with a common identity live inside a country with firm borders and a single government
Nation-state
Weber (1997) describes this as a compulsory POLITICAL ORGANIZATION with a CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT that maintains the LEGITIMATE FORCE within a CERTAIN TERRITORY
State
4 Characteristics of State
- Population
- Territory
- Government
- Sovereignty
Who described state as a compulsory POLITICAL ORGANIZATION with a CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT that maintains the LEGITIMATE FORCE within a CERTAIN TERRITORY
Weber (1997)
Characteristics of State
-refers to citizens
- political organization
Population
Characteristics of State
must have: a clear and defined border
Territory
Characteristics of State
- Its function includes law-making, maintenance of law and orders, defense of the government and the state, maintenance of international relations, ensuring the general welfare of citizens and the social and economic development of the people
- centralized government
Government
Characteristics of State
- Is the supreme authority within a territory
- legitimate force
Sovereignty
Characteristics of State
In any state. this is assigned to the person, body, or institution that has the ultimate authority over other people in order to establish a law or change an existing law
Sovereignty
Example of countries considered as state
Philippines, UK, US
It emphasizes the organic ties that hold groups together and inspire a sense of loyalty and belonging
Nation
What are the 4 Characteristics of Nation
- Ethnicity
- Language
- Religion
- Culture
Refers to a community of people with commonality (grouped together)
Nation
T or F
The Arab Nation is an example of a nation
T
What countries comprise that Arab nation?
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan
The reason why the Arab nation is considered as a nation?
They share a commonality in terms of language, religion and culture
Identify what attribute:
The global system is composed of countries that can stand on their own and be able to rule theirselves; they have their own government as well
- independent and govern themselves
Identify what attribute:
Countries/state having their representatives interact with other countries; this people are channeled thru affairs, transactions or approached for help from other countries
- diplomacy/diplomats
Identify what attribute:
This should be facilitated or else, conflict will arise; ex. if there’s no UN to facilitate the negotiations of China and PH, there will be war
- international org that facilitate these interactions
Effects of Globalization on Nation States
- seen to impose a forced choice upon nation-states
- establishment of economic and political integration
- establishment of the international laws and principles
- rise of TNA
- creation of new communication network
the country will be left behind if they do not forced to submit themselves to the demands of globally accepted free-market principles
seen to impose a forced choice upon nation-states (effect)
- activists groups of nation-states connect with their counterparts in other states
- immediate action on changes towards challenges and issues
rise of TNA
no. of members in ASEAN
10 member states
no. of members in EU
28
no. of members in WTO
164
to hear cases against humanity ex. extra judicial killings, china vs PH
International Criminal Court (ICC)
- comprises more on military org.
North Atlantic Treaty Org. (NATO)
an org of countries that produce oil
Org. of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
when did sovereignty start?
treaty of Westphalia
agreement between major continental powers of Europe after a brutal religious wars between catholics and protestants
Treaty of Westphalia
T or F. Treaty of Westphalia exercises complete control over domestic affairs and swear to meddle in each other’s affair.
F (not to meddle)
When was the treaty of Westphalia was signed?
→ signed in 1648; end the war in major continental states in Europe
The French revolution provided stability until challenged by?
Napoleon Bonaparte
T or F. Guiseppe Mazzini believed in spreading the principles of the French Revolution - liberty, equality and fraternity - thus challenge kings, nobility and religion in Europe
F (Napoleon Bonaparte)
In every country that Napoleon conquered (1803-1815) , they implemented the?
Napoleonic code
What is written in the Napoleonic Code?
- forbade birth privileges
- encourage freedom of religion
- promoted meritocracy in government service
Who defeated Napoleon that ended the spread of his liberal code? and Where?
Anglo and Prussian in the Battle of Waterloo
What was restored when Napoleon was defeated?
Westphalian system was restored (The Concert of Europe)
alliance of “great powers”
The concert of Europe
What countries sought to restore the world of monarchial, hereditary and religious privileges.
the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia and Prussia (concert of Europe)
Sought to restore sovereignty states. The org’s power and authority lasted from 1815 to 1914
The Concert of Europe
nations must give up their freedom and submit to a larger system of laws that is embodied by common international principles
liberal internationalism
They are called the first thinker
Immanuel Kant and Giuseppe Mazzini
Who said this “without a form of world government states, the international system would be chaotic, he imagined a global government where some freedoms are given up and establish a continuously growing state consisting of various nations which will ultimately include nations of the world
Immanuel Kant
He advocated the creation of “international law” that would govern the inter-state relations; propose legislation that would create “the greatest happiness of all nations taken together”
Jeremy Bentham
He was the first thinker to reconcile nationalism and liberal internationalism
Giuseppe Mazzini
Who did Mazzini influence in being nationalism as a prerequisite for internationalism
US Pres. Woodrow Wilson
He is an advocate of the Italian speaking mini states; believed in a Republican government and a system of freee nations; advocate the creation of League of Nations
Mazzini
T or F. The League of Nations was not able to hinder WWII.
T
After the League, it gave birth to?
ILO and WHO
T or F. Karl Marx is an internationalist and believed in nationalism
F (did not believe in nationalism)
what class is this: owners of factories, companies and other means of production
capitalist
what class is this: does not own other means of production but work for the capitalist
proletariat
union of European socialist and labor parties established in Paris 1889
Socialist Internationalism
Who established the Comintern?
Lenin
more radical and democratic because it followed the top-down governance of bolshevik
Comintern
Who re-established the Cominform?
Stalin
capitalism is a global system that the working class must unite as a global class to forward the struggle against capitalism
Socialist Internationalisma
T or F. Liberalism is an attitude that seeks to understand all the interconnections of the modern world and to highlight the patterns that underlie them
F (globalism)
