IR 2 Flashcards
Anocracy
A government that is neither a democracy nor an authoritarian regime but instead has aspects of both
Constructivism
A grand approach of IR that examines how changing international norms and actors’ identities help shape the content of state interests
Epistemic (knowledge) communities
Global groups of specialists who promote the importance of specific issues or causes
Institutions/regimes
Institutions/regimes: Sets of rules, norms and procedures around which the expectations of actors converge in specific issue areas
Issue linkage
The policy of connecting issues in different fields (e.g. politics, economy, military) and, hence, making cooperation among actors more likely
Logic of Consequences
Logic of Consequences: The idea that decisions are made on the basis of what the consequences of those decisions are (i.e., “What will happen to me if I behave in a certain way?”)
Logic of Appropriateness
Logic of Appropriateness: The idea that decisions are made on the basis of whether or not a particular course of action is socially acceptable (i.e., “How should I behave in this situation?”)
Norm
Norm: A principle of right action binding upon the members of a group and serving to guide, control, or regulate proper and acceptable behavior
Norm entrepreneurs
Norm entrepreneurs: Individual activists who publicly call attention to a particular state’s policy in order to effect change or emulation
Power projection
Power projection: The use of symbolic action as a means of showing non-military power (e.g., aircraft carriers)
Side-payments
Side-payments: Incentives offered by an actor in an agreement to another to induce them to join and honor the agreement
Social Facts
Social Facts: Things that have no material reality but exist only because people collectively believe they exist and act accordingly
Socialization
Socialization: A form of preference shaping that arises from interaction with and learning from the behaviors/policies of other actors/countries
Unitary Actor Assumption
Unitary Actor Assumption: An understanding of states as individual actors, rationally motivated to achieve goals that are strictly in their national self-interest
Gender Gap
Gender Gap is the difference in opinion on an issue or action that is markedly different between men and women (e.g., the substantial difference between women’s support for war and men’s support for war found in many public opinion polls).
Difference Feminism
Difference Feminism is based on the belief that there are fundamental differences between men and women. In application to IR, this would presume that more women involved in international relations would result in different outcomes.
Liberal Feminism
Liberal Feminism is based on the belief that there are no real social differences between women and men. In application to IR, this would presume that women would be the same as men in positions of power.
Chicken
Chicken: A model of game theory where each player prefers to defect while the outcome where both players defect is the worst possible one for both players
Deterrence
Deterrence: A key example of bargaining based on the policy of persuading an adversary, through the threat of military action, that the costs of an action will outweigh the benefits
Levels of Analysis
Levels of Analysis: A useful way to answer ‘why’ questions in International Relations is to pick a certain angle from which to look for the answer. Three levels at which one can do this are individual, state/society, and system level.
