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20 Cards in this Set
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Difference Feminism |
Asserts there are differences between men and women that do/should not be considered equally. |
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Unitary Actor |
Treats states as a single entity that tries to maximize national interested (broadly defined) |
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Vulnerability |
Degree to which people, property, resources, systems, and cultutal, econmonic, environmental, and social aetinity (your spelling) is susciptible to harm, degradation, or destruction on being exposed to a hostile agent or factor. |
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Capabilities |
Measure of the ability of an entity to achieve its objectivies, specifically in relation to its overall mission |
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alliances |
cooperation b/w different political parties on common political agenda |
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pluralism |
political philosophy that recognizes and affirms diversity w/i a political body. Permits peaceful coexistence of different interests, convictions, and lifestyles. |
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Rules (constructionist view) |
conservative legal philosphies, that emphasize judicial restraint and fidelity to the original meaning of constitutions and laws. |
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Historical Materialism |
(marxist theory) the doctrine that all forms of social thought (as art or philopshy) and instutions (as fiamily or the state) develops as a super structure funded on an economic base. (ex: capitalism increases rare of accumulation of capital). |
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anarchy |
a system operating in the absence of any central fovernment. It does not imply choas, but the absence of poliical authority (in realist theory) |
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The democratic Peace |
a central plank of liberal-internationalist thought. Two claims: 1)liberal politics exhibit restraint in relations w/ other liberal polities (i.e: USA vs UK = no war). 2)imprudent w/ relations in Authoritarian states (ie.: USA vs Russia). |
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sovereignity |
condition of a state having control and authority over its own territory and being free from any higher legal authority. AKA: Condition of a government being free from external political restraints. |
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Liberal Feminism |
A position that advocates equal rights for women but also supports a more progressive policy agenda (ie: social justice, peace, economic well-being, and ecological balance). |
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balance of power |
one or more stats' power being used to balance that of another state or group of states. |
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polarity |
the number of independent power centers in the system |
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international regime |
international processes and collection of rules and, when formally recognized, many of them can transform into intergovernmental organizations. NOT actors or non-gv'tal organizations. |
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reciprocity |
Mutual or cooperative interchange of favors or privileges esp. the exchange of rights or privileges of trade b/w nations |
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core-periphery |
a model that describes how economic, political, and/or cultural power is spatially distributed b/w dominant(sp?) core regions, and more marginal or depent semi-peripheral and peripheral(sp?) regions (core: usa; sem: mexico, peri: Ethiopia) |
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liberal institutionalism |
Modern theory of int'l relations that claims int'l institutions and org (NATO, EU) can increase and aid cooperation b/w states. |
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dominance |
the power one holds in a relationship focused in politics |
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norms |
an established standard or average in therms of how much a behavior is exhibited and the group approval of said behavior. |
