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10 Cards in this Set
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FAILED STATE |
- Lack of sovereignty. Having no legal authority within its borders. - Lack of legitimate use of physical force. - Incapable of sustaining itself as a member of the international community. - Refugee flows to economic implosion, human rights violations to security threats. |
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FAILED STATE |
- Population growth - Refugee flow (uprooted by conflict) - Undermined government legitimacy - Lack of professionals (doctors, engineers, etc.) - Elites in country holding all the money & majorities poor - Government neglect and active persecution |
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FAILED STATE |
SOMALIA: Almost 1/4 of the population (about 2 million people) were uprooted by conflict. KENYA: Internal political and religious conflict. Government failing to provide basic needs (esp. Water) |
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STATE SOVEREIGNTY |
- Provides states with the authority to exercise power at home and to represent their territorial entity within the international community. - Commonly distinguished through membership in the UN. - Formal requirement when 2/3 of member states of the UN support a claim to sovereignty. |
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STATE SOVEREIGNTY |
- INTERNAL GROUPS seeking independence (resulting in intra-state conflict) - EXTERNAL GROUPS invading or occupying a state - TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY to supranational groupings (EU) - THIRD-AGENDA ISSUES states concede powers for 'greater good' through international laws, treaties and conventions - INTERNAL CRISIS SPREADING causing global crisis. State's sovereignty losing legitimacy in the eyes of international community. |
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UNITED NATIONS |
- Keep peace throughout the world - Develop friendly relations between nations - Work together to help people live better lives: eliminate poverty, disease and illiteracy in the world, to stop environmental destruction and encourage respect for each other's rights and freedoms - To be the centre for helping nations achieve these aims |
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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND |
- Promote international monetary cooperation and exchange rate stability. - Facilitate the balanced growth of international trade - Assist with poverty reduction |
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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND INFLUENCE |
BOLIVIA - Following massive hyperinflation; IMF, World Bank and Bolivian Government unveiled a 'policy framework paper' - Outlined: widespread privatisation, labour reforms, and reduction in deficit - Predicted economic growth of 6% by 2001, but after the plan was implemented growth averaged 1.5% - Privatisation of oil/gas and water industries lost government billions. - Due to IMF debts, government raised taxes and violent protests, riots, and hundreds of deaths occurred. |
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CARE INTERNATIONAL |
- Fighting global poverty - Help women as they can help their families - Improve basic education - Expand economic opportunity - Protect natural resources |
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CARE INTERNATIONAL |
PAKISTAN (since 2005) - Addressing underlying causes of poverty, with focus on women, children and the most marginalised people - Focus on health, education, psychological support, water sanitation, economic development and disaster management - Providing [above] to remote communities in Pakistan |
