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54 Cards in this Set
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Anarchy
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The tradition structure of world politics in which there is no central authority to set and enforce rules and settle disputes.
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Liberalism
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The view that people and the countries that represent them are capable of finding mutual interests and cooperating to achieve them.
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Realism
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The view the world politics is driven by self-interest, and, therefore that the central dynamic of international system is a struggle for power.
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Constructivism
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The view that the course on international relations is an interactive process in which the ideas of and communications among "agents" serve to create "structures", which, in turn influence the ideas and communications of the agents.
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Intergovernmental Organizations (IGO's)
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International/transnational actors that are composed of member-countries.
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Nongovernmental Organizations (NGO's)
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International organizations with private memberships.
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Zero-Sum Game
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A contest in which gains by one player can only be achieved by equal losses for other players.
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Collective goods problem
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The problem of the farmers and cows grazing analogy.
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State
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A political actor that has sovereignty and a number of characteristics, including territory, population, organization, and recognition.
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Sovereignty
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Political independence from any higher authority. Primary characteristic of a state.
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Bipolar System
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A type of international system with two roughly equal actors or coalitions of actors that divide the international system into two poles.
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Multipolar System
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A world political system in which power is held primarily by four or more international actors.
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Unipolar System
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A type of international system that describes a single country with complete global hegemony.
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Hegemony
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A single country or alliance that is so dominant in the international system that it plays the key role in determining the rules and norms by which the system operates.
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Cold War
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The confrontation the emerged following World War II between the bipolar superpowers, the Soviet Union, and the Untied States.
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Economically Developed Countries (EDC's)
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An industrialized country mainly found in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Less Developed Countries (LDC's)
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Countries, located mainly in Africa, Asia, and LAtin America, with economies that rely heavily on the production of agriculture and raw materials.
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Globalization
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A multifaceted concept that represents the increasing integration of economics, communication, and culture across national boundaries.
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International System
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An abstract concept the encompasses global actors, the interaction among those actors, and the factors that caused those interactions.
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Nationalism
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The belief that the nation is the ultimate basis of political loyalty and that nations should have self-governing states.
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Transnationalism
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Extensions beyond the borders of a single country; applies to political movement, issue, organization or other phenomena.
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Social Contract
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The implicit understanding agreed to those who merged into a society and created a government.
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State of Nature
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A theoretical time in human history when people lived independently or in family groups and there were no societies of non-related individuals or governments.
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Popular Sovereignty
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A political doctrine that holds that sovereign political authority resides with citizens of a state.
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Self-Determination
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The concept that people should have to map their own destiny.
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Authoritarian Government
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A political system that allows little or no participation in decision making by individuals and groups outside the upper reaches of the government.
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Democratic Government
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The governmental system a country has in terms of free and fair election and levels of participation.
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Levels of Analysis
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Different perspectives from which international politics can be analyzed.
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Individual-level of analysis
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An analytical approach that emphasizes the role of individuals as either distinct personalities or biological/psychological beings.
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State-level of analysis
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An analytical approach that emphasizes the actions of the state and the internal causes of their policy.
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System-level of analysis
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An analytical approach that emphasizes the importance of the impact if world conditions on the actions of states and other actors.
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Nation
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A group of culturally and historically similar people who feel a communal bond and who feel they should govern themselves to at least some degree.
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Nation-state
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A politically organized territory that recognized no higher law, and who's population politically identifies with that entity.
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Multinational state
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Countries in which there are two or more significant nationalities.
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Multistate-nation
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A nation that has a substantial number of its people living in more than one state.
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Stateless nation
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A nation that does not exercise any political control over any state.
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Failed state
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Countries in which most of its citizens give there primary loyalty to an ethnic group, a religious group, or some other source of political identity.
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Political identity
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The perceived connection between an individual and a political community.
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Democratic Peace theory
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The assertion that as more countries become democratic, the likelihood that they will enter into conflict decreases.
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Functionalism
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International cooperation in specific areas such as communications, trade, travel, health, or environmental protection activity.
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Neofuntionalism
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The top-down approach to solving world problems.
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League of Nations
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The first, true general international organization. It existed between the end of WWI and beginning of WWII and was the immediate predecessor of the United Nations.
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United Nations
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An international body created with the intention to maintain peace through cooperation of its member-states.
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United Nations General Assembly
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Deals with UN budget and appoints non-permanent members to the security council.
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United Nations Security Council
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Charged with the maintenance of international peace and security.
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Veto
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A negative vote cast in the UN Security Council by one of the five permanent members; has the effect of defeating the issue being voted on.
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World Goverment
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The concept of a supranational world authority to which current countries would surrender some or all of their sovereign authority.
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Arab Spring
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The revolutionary wave of protests, riots, and civil wars in the Arab world that began in 2010.
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Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
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The responsibility of a country to protect its citizens from genocides, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
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Unlimited Self-Defense
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Increasing arms and military power, "Having a bigger stick than the other guy."
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Limited Self Defense
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Limited military power, aims to reduce arms.
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38th Parallel
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Divides North and South Korea.
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Six-Party Talks
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Aim to find a resolution to security concerns as a result of North Korea's nuclear program.
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"Beggar thy neighbor" Policies
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Attempts to promote ones own economy at the cost of other states economies.
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