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Regionalism and Globalisation Flashcards

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Organisation of countries based around North Africa and the Middle East.

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Arab League

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Regional body in South East Asia.

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ASEAN

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Regional body that covers all of Africa.

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African Union (AU)

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Where American culture and values erodes traditional local cultures gradually replacing them.

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Americanisation

A term associated with global pessimism.

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Informal intergovernmental organization comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates.

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BRICS

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Association of Caribbean nations, regional trading bloc.

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CARICOM

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Regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini.

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COMESA

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International organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.

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Council of Europe

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Theory that states and their fortunes are inextricably tied together.

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Complex interdependence

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The use of uniformly sized containers in world trade.

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Containerisation

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The process by which people around the world participate in the same culture.

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Cultural globalisation

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Process by which the EU has furthered integration.

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Deeper integration

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Marxist view that globalisation locks states into permanent need.

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Dependency theory

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Trading union based around East Africa.

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EAC

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Economic Community of the African Union for promotion of regional economic co-operation in Central Africa.

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ECCAS

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Trading union of West African Countries.

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ECOWAS

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State that is considered to be rising, primarily in economic power and influence.

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Emerging power

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18
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The growing interconnectedness of trade and markets.

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Economic Globalisation

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A political and economic union of a group of European countries.

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EU

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Process of industrial, political, legal, economic, social and cultural integration of states in Europe.

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European Integration

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Legal and political structures where power is distributed between two distinct levels of government.

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Federalism

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An investment by one country or business with an interest in another country.

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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

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Entity that participates or acts in international relations.

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Global Actor

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Movement towards political integration of transnational actors aimed at negotiating responses to problems that affect more than one state or region.

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Global governance

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An informal term for a superpower which seeks or claims the right to intervene in other sovereign states.

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Global policeman

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The idea that all cultures are becoming the same to a singular world culture.

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Global monoculture

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Where people in developing countries select aspects of western culture and adapt them to their particular needs.

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Glocalisation

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Thomas Friedman’s term for the neoliberal policies countries must adopt if they are to experience economic growth and prosperity.

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Golden Straightjacket

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A type of globalisation in which there is virtually no barrier to the free flows of goods, services, and capital.

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Hyper-globalisation

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Interaction among states based on sovereign independence.

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Intergovernmentalism

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Concept that the world system is leaderless: there is no universal sovereign or worldwide government.

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International anarchy

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South American trading bloc. Has 12 members in South America.

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MERCOSUR

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International system revolving around three or more poles.

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Multipolarity

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Companies that operate trans-globally in many countries.

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Multi-nationals

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Military alliance based around Western Europe and also including the USA and Canada.

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NATO

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NGO, IGO’s and globally influential individuals or companies or organisations.

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Non-state actors

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When different sovereign states give up some of their sovereignty to participate in a larger group.

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Pooled sovereignty

38
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Describes the nature of the international system at any given time in terms of how power is distributed.

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Polarity

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The process by which the nation-state no longer is sole decision maker and is impacted by non-state actors.

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Political Globalisation

40
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Creation and implementation of institutions that express a particular identity and shape collective action within a geographical region.

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Regionalism

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The regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of states in South Asia.

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SAARC

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana.

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SADC

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Refers to a large amount of power given to an authority, which, in theory, is placed higher than the state.

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Supranational

44
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Absolute and unlimited power and authority.

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Sovereignty

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Refers to a large amount of power given to an authority, which, in theory, is placed higher than the state.

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Supranationalism

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Thinkers who feel Globalisation has limited impact.

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Sceptics

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Group who accept that globalisation does have an impact, but still feel the nation state has power.

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Transformalist

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Regional trading bloc which contains the USA, Mexico and Canada.

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USMCA

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Process by which the EU has attempted to expand membership.

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Wider integration

50
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Dominance of free-market in trade that is ‘agreed’ around the world.

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Washington Consensus

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Organisation that sets the rules for trade between countries globally.

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WTO

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Global health body.

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WHO

Global Politics Keywords D (6 decks)

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