IR Terms simplified Flashcards
Actor
individual, group, state, or organization that plays a major role in world politics
Power
factors that enable one actor to change another’s actor’s behavior’s against its preferences
State Sovereignty
state’s authority to manage internal affairs and foreign relations
State
independent legal entity with a government exercising exclusive control
Nation
people who identify as a group since they share the same ethnicity, culture, or language
Ethnic Groups
identity is primarily defined by common ancestral nationality, language, cultural heritage, and kinship
Inter-governmental Organization (IGOs)
Institutions created and joined by states’ governments, which give them the authority to make collective decisions to manage particular problems on the global agenda
Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
Transnational organizations of private citizens maintaining consultative status with the UN
Levels of Analysis
The different aspects of international affairs that may be stressed in interpreting and explaining global phenomena, depending whether or not they focus on the “wholes” (the complete global system and large collectivities) or on “parts” (individual states or people)
Individual Level of Analysis
An analytical approach that emphasizes the psychological and perceptual variables motivating people
State level of Analysis
An analytical approach that emphasize how the internal attributes of states influence their foreign policy behavior’s.
Systemic Level of Analysis
the impact of worldwide conditions on foreign policy behaviour and human welfare.
Transformation
A change in pattern of interaction in world politics so it appears that one “global system” has replaced another.
Global System
The international predominant patterns of behavior’s and beliefs that define the major worldwide conditions that heavily influence human and national activities.
Great Powers
The most powerful countries, military and economically, in the global system
