History Of Globalization Flashcards
apart from being a meeting ground for presidents and other heads of state, it also has a task-specific agencies like the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO)
The UN (United Nations)
is a relatively modern phenomenon in human history, and people did not always organize themselves as countries.
The nation-state
refers to a country and its government, i.e.,the government of the Philippines.
State
A state has four attributes.
• First, it exercises authority over a specific population, called its citizens.
• Second, it governs a specific territory.
Third, a state has a structure of government that crafts various rules that people (society) follow.
• Fourth and the most crucial, the state has sovereignty over its territory.
here refers to internal and external authority.
Internally, no individuals or groups can operate in a given national territory by ignoring the state.
Sovereignty
means that a state’s policies and procedures are independent of the interventions of other states.
Russia or China, for example, cannot pass laws for the Philippines and vice versa.
sovereignty
On the other hand, the nation, according to_____, is an “imagined community”
Benedict Anderson
It is limited because it does not go beyond a given “official boundary.” and because rights and responsibilities are mainly the privilege and concern of the citizens of that nation.
Nation
Being limited means that the____ has its boundaries. This characteristic is in stark contrast to many religious imagined communities
nation
often limit themselves to people who have imbibed a particular culture, speak a common language, and live in a specific territory.
Nations
allows one to feel a connection with a community of people even if he/she
will never meet all of them in his/her lifetime.
nation
most nations strive to become____.
Nation-builders can only feel a sense of fulfillment when that national ideal assumes an organizational form whose authority and power are recognized and accepted by “the people.”
states
• nation and state are closely related because it is______ that facilitates state formation.
In the modern and contemporary era. it has heen the_____ movements that have allowed for the creation of nation-states.
States become independent and sovereign because of nationalist sentiment that clamors for this independence.
nationalism
nationalist
a system of heightened interaction between various sovereign states, particularly the desire for greater cooperation and unity among states and peoples, This desire is called_______
internationalism
Internationalism comes in different forms, but the principle may be divided into two broad categories:
liberal internationalism
socialist internationalism
World Politics has four key attributes:
- There are countries or states that are independent and govern themselves.
- These countries interact with each other through diplomacy
- There are international organisations, like the United Nations (UN), that facilitate these interactions
- Beyond simply facilitating meetings between states, international organisations also take on lives of their own.
for example, apart from being a meeting ground for presidents and other heads of state, it also has a task-specific agencies like the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO)
UN (United Nations)
is a relatively modern phenomenon in human history, and people did not always organize themselves as countries.
nation-state
T or F
The nation-state is composed of two noninterchangeable terms.
Not all states are nations and not all nations are states.
TRUE
refers to a country and its government
State
State or Nation
i.e.,the government of the Philippines.
State
A state has four attributes.
First, it exercises authority over a specific population, called its_____.
Second, it governs a specific_____.
Third, a state has a structure of government that crafts various____ that people (society) follow.
Fourth and the most crucial, the state has______ over its territory.
citizens
territory
rules
sovereignty
refers to internal and external authority.
Internally, no individuals or groups can operate in a given national territory by ignoring the state
Sovereignty
T or F
that groups like churches, civil society organizations, corporations, and other entities have to follow the laws of the state where they establish their parishes, offices, or headquarters.
TRUE
means that a state’s policies and procedures are independent of the interventions of other states.
Russia or China, for example, cannot pass laws for the Philippines and vice versa.
sovereignty
____, according to_______, is an “imagined community”
nation
Benedict Anderson
It is limited because it does not go beyond a given “official boundary,” and because rights and responsibilities are mainly the privilege and concern of the citizens of that nation
Nation
Being limited means that the____ has its boundaries.
This characteristic is in stark contrast to many religious imagined communities.
nation
Characteristic of what??
Anyone, for example, can become a Catholic if one chooses to. In fact, Catholics want more people to join their community; they refer to it as the call to discipleship. But not everyone can simply become a Filipino. An American cannot simply go to the Philippine Embassy and “convert” into a Philippine citizen.
Nation
often limit themselves to people who have imbibed a particular culture, speak a common language, and live in a specific territory.
Nations
Calling it “imagined” does not mean that the ____ is made- up. Rather, the____ allows one to feel a connection with a community of people even if he/she will never meet all of them in his/her lifetime
nation
T or F
most nations strive to become states.
TRUE
_______-builders can only feel a sense of fulfillment when that national ideal assumes an organizational form whose authority and power are recognized and accepted by “the people.”
Nation
Moreover, if there are communities that are not states, they often seek some form of autonomy within their “______states.”
mother
Nation and state are closely related because it is______ that facilitates state formation.
In the modern and contemporary era, it has been the nationalist movements that have allowed for the creation of nation-states.
nationalism
become independent and sovereign because of nationalist sentiment that clamors for this independence.
States
______is, thus, one of the fundamental principles of modern state politics.
Understanding how this became the case entails going back as far as 400 years ago.
Sovereignty
sovereignty - traced back to the_______, which was a set of agreements signed in____ to end the Thirty Years War between the major continental powers of Europe.
Treaty of Westphalia
1648
After a brutal religious war between Catholics and Protestants, the_______ Empire, Spain, France, Sweden, and the Dutch Republic designed a system that would avert wars in the future by recognizing that the treaty signers exercise complete control over their domestic affairs and swear not to meddle in each other’s affairs.
Holy Roman
The_______ system provided stability for the nations of Europe, until it faced its first major challenge by Napoleon Bonaparte
Westphalian
believed in spreading the principles of the French Revolution-liberty, equality, and fraternity-to the rest of Europe and thus challenged the power of kings, nobility, and religion in Europe
Bonaparte
The_____ Wars lasted from 1803-1815 with Napoleon and his armies marching all over much of Europe
Napoleonic
In every country they conquered, the French implemented the________ that forbade birth privileges, encouraged freedom or religion, and promoted meritocracy in government service.
Napoleonic Code
This system shocked the monarchies and the hereditary elites (dukes, duchesses, etc.) of Europe, and they mustered their armies to push back against the French emperor
Napoleonic code
Anglo and Prussian armies finally; defeated Napoleon in the Battle of_____ in 1815, ending the latter’s mission to spread his liberal codé across Europe
Waterloo
The Concert of Europe was an alliance of “______” -the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia, and Prussia- that sought to restore the world of monarchical, hereditary, and religious privileges of the time before the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.
great powers
(named after the Austrian diplomat, Klemens von Metternich, who was the system’s main architect), the Concert’s power and authority lasted from 1815 to 1914, at the dawn of World War I.
Metternich system