State Security 2 Flashcards
What is instrumentalism?
the interpretation of scientific theories as practical instruments or tools for such purposes as the prediction of impending events
What is the normative position?
One in which the aim is to make the world a better place
Resting on democratic ideals of freedom and responsibility
How does Buzan compare strong and weak states?
- A strong state defines itself from within.
- A weak state fills a gap between its neighbours
How does Buzan define weak and strong powers? NOT STATES
By traditional means of military and economic capabilities.
What is the foundation of contemporary international society?
Mutual territorial recognition.
UN + nearly all states recognise each other
What is the physical base of a state?
- Population
2. Territory (inc all natural resources and man-made wealth)
How much of Israel’s defence budget is paid for by the USA?
Around 20 percent
What are the two types of multination states?
- Federative state
2. Imperial states
What are the 4 possible nation states?
- Primal nation-state
- State-nation
- Part nation-state
- Multination state
What does Hobbes say is the supreme law
“the safety of the people is the supreme law”
How does Hedley Bull describe Hobbes’ understanding of security?
Deeply pacific.
What rights does Hobbes believe a protector receive in return for guaranteeing the peoples’ safety?
- right to make rules
- right to judge
- right to inflict penalties
- right to command
What for Hobbes is the normative kernel of state sovereignty?
Security. The whole project of statehood depends upon it
What does a state contain in terms of political structure?
- An executive
- Legislature
- Administrative and judicial bodies
- Its own laws
What did many newly independent colonies find that they were? (In terms of being a nation state)
- Often a state without a nation
- or worse a state with many nations.
