Global Interstate System Flashcards
is an organization with an international membership, scope, or presence
international organization
generally referred to as a multinational corporation. Operates in two or more countries, leveraging the global environment to approach varying markets in attaining revenue generation
global company
ultimate overseer, or authority, in the decision-making process of the state and in the maintenance of order
sovereignty
term associated with non verbal communication that refers to how people use space to communicate ownership or occupancy of areas and possession
territoriality
the act of or something that obstructs or hinders
interference
is a region in northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
- known for the 1648 Peace of Westphalia which ended the thirty year war
Peach of Westphalia
- recognizes the sovereign rights of the state
- become the basis for the Westphalian international system
Westphalia treaty of 1648
the peace was negotiated from 1644 in the Westphalian towns of
Munster (France) and Osnabruck (Sweden)
- assume that just like human individuals, states are rational actors and their primary concern is to maximize their self interest, assumes that the structure of the international system is anarchy
realism
emphasizes the pacifying role of international organizations, economic interdependence, and democracy
liberalism
concerned with the relationship between unit and structures. It answers how we can understand the relationship between states and anarchy. Argues that both state interest and anarchy are socially constructed, that is, they are created by the state themselves
constructivism
- it is a social theory that aims to scrutinize and critique the underlying foundations upon which contemporary world system is built
- argues that the world is primarily divided along economic lines, between the core developed states and the peripheral developing states
- predicted that capitalism in advanced, industrial states will overthrown and replaced by socialism, and eventually communism
marxism
war between soviet union and united states of america
cold war
regards globalization as an exogenous process that is making a profound impact on states affairs. State become powerless to the forces of the market
outside-in view
globalization recognizes that states are the ones influencing the level of global interconnectedness today. It emphasizes that globalization is not an independent phenomenon that takes place in a vacuum
inside-out view