Midterm Flashcards
State
- internationally recognized
- legitimate political unit
Nation
- political community based on common culture
- shared aspirations for a distinct nation
Nation-state
A state which embodies at least one whole nation
Sovereignty
The ability to be independent of another state/nation?
Transnationalism
When international forces and actors cross national boundaries
Integration
The process of people or countries or corporations being brought together
Two examples of intetgration
Economic integration: a trade agreement
Political integration: shared government; the soviet union was a politically integrated system, Russia gained autonomy when it fell apart
Interdependency
A political, economic, or military relationship in which countries are dependent on each other to deal with problems and achieve their objectives
Dependency theory
Explains power imbalance between economically developed and underdeveloped countries
Civil society
The community of people in a given country or more than one country (used to distinguish between the people as a community and the government)
Non-state actors
Working for the state, but not part of the state; in the form of individuals, groups, or corporations
Types of Non-Governmental orginizations
Organizations established by non state actors; they are not managed by the government
- Advocacy
- Service
- Religious
- Transnational Terrorist
- Transnational criminal
- Economic
Global Governance
The growing of systems of governance around the world designed to mediate interests of governmental and non-governmental actors
Integration
The process of bringing constituent units into an association, society, or orginization
Interdependency
Constituent units with mutual objectives in a political/socioeconomic relationship whose actions have direct consequence on the others
