Lecture Jan. 16th (1/6)

Question 1

state

Answer 1

legally recognized entity that controls a community of people within a defined area

Question 2

territory

Answer 2

an area identified by legally-recognized borders, imaginary lines that divide different areas

Question 3

sovereignty

Answer 3

the concept that the state operates as the highest authority within its territorial jurisdiction

Question 4

government

Answer 4

the decision-making apparatus of the state, generally the executive and the legislature

Question 5

country

Answer 5

the community of people ruled by a state, generally sharing common values and interacting within the same political system

Question 6

nation

Answer 6

group of people with common cultural, social, historical, political, religious, linguistic, or ethnic origins

Question 7

nation-state

Answer 7

state entity controlled by national group or the result of a state’s efforts to secure legitimacy through the creation of a national identity

Question 8

nationalism

Answer 8

ideology centered on support for group identity

Question 9

imagined community

Answer 9

social, historical, cultural and religious mechanisms used to create a sense of national community

Question 10

hegemony

Answer 10

the states that act as leaders within a system, generally the more powerful states
-The extent of a state’s power

Question 11

power

Answer 11

the ability of a state to control or influence other states; also it’s population

Question 12

order

Answer 12

a system in which states have created a stable pattern of international relations by adhering to a set of uniform practices; axis and allied powers

Question 13

extraterritoriality

Answer 13

actions of a state taken outside of its territorial borders; U.S. with al Qaeda

Question 14

war

Answer 14

sustained armed conflict between two or more parties resulting in more than 1000 deaths

Question 15

international society

Answer 15

group of states that share values and objectives; establish a common set of rules to govern their interactions

Question 16

norms

Answer 16

common values, orientations, beliefs, and codes of behavior

Question 17

international law

Answer 17

the formal rules established and codified by an international society

Question 18

regimes

Answer 18

sets of formal and informal procedures governing the conduct of states’ behaviors in the international system

Question 19

system

Answer 19

constellation of international actors and the nature of the different actors’ relationships at a particular point in time

• unipolar
• bipolar
• multipolar

Question 20

internationalization

Answer 20

growing/increasing cross-border exchanges between countries

Question 21

liberalization

Answer 21

process of removing barriers to free flow of movement across borders

Question 22

universalization

Answer 22

spread of particular norms and experiences

Question 23

westernization

Answer 23

spread of Western norms and experiences

Question 24

deterritorialization

Answer 24

borders lose their salience/power, state sovereignty is weakening

Question 25

globalization

Answer 25

ongoing process of increasing political, economic, social, and cultural connection between different countries so that events in one part of the globe have consequences in other parts; debate about whether it is a new phenomenon

Question 26

globalization through industrialization

Answer 26

19th century industrialization established new connections through societies and transformed social, economic, political processes of the pre-industrialized world

Question 27

Baylis’s definition of start of globalization

Answer 27

1960s was the beginning of globalization through widespread use of telephone

Question 28

Four points about globalization

Answer 28

1. Globalization is not experienced the same everywhere
2. Not simply about cultural homogenization (assumption of some critics)
3. Has not eliminated significance of territorial boundaries
4. Does not have one single cause/explanation