Global Politics No. 4

Front 1

Crony Capitalism

Back 1

Corrupt, secretive favors among govt officials business people

Front 2

Culture

Back 2

The sum total of a group's learned behavior

Front 3

Demonstration Effect

Back 3

One country copying another's success

Front 4

Fertility Rate

Back 4

Average number of babies per woman

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GDP

Back 5

Gross domestic product; sum total of goods and services produced in a country in one year; measure of prosperity

Front 6

Gini Index

Back 6

Measure of inequality ranging from 100 for total inequality to 0 for perfect equality

Front 7

Informal Economy

Back 7

Transactions off the books, the black market

Front 8

Market Economics

Back 8

Capitalism

Front 9

Migration

Back 9

Resettling from one country to another

Front 10

Modernization Theory

Back 10

Industrialization modernizes whole society, paving way for democracy

Front 11

Neocolonialism

Back 11

Rich-country dominance by indirect, economic means

Front 12

Offshore

Back 12

To move production overseas

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Political Asylum

Back 13

Permission to remain in host country for those fleeing persecution

Front 14

Protestant Ethic

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Weber's theory that religion first ignited capitalism

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Remittance

Back 15

Money sent back home

Front 16

Transparency

Back 16

Business and political transactions open to public view

Front 17

Anachronism

Back 17

Something that no longer fits the times

Front 18

Arbitration

Back 18

Disputants' agreement to obey third-party decision

Front 19

Bilateral

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Two countries

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Consulate

Back 20

Branch of an embassy with limited functions

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Diplomacy

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Official political contact among govts

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Embassy

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Chief diplomatic representation of one country to another

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Foreign Ministry

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Branch of national govt dealing with IR; called State Department in the US and Foreign Office in Britain

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Foreign Service

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Career corps of professional diplomats

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good offices

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Giving disputants a meeting place

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mediation

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Suggesting compromises to disputants

Front 27

Multilateral

Back 27

Several countries

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Persona non grata

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Latin for "unwanted person"; order to expel a diplomat

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Recognition

Back 29

One country's opening of diplomatic relations with another

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Symbol

Back 30

Small thing or gesture that makes a political statement

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Third party

Back 31

Someone not party to a dispute

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Civil rights

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Ability to participate in politics and society, such as voting, free speech, and equality

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Consistency

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Observation of rules with no exceptions for oneself

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De facto

Back 34

"In fact" simplest form of recognition, often informal without embassies

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De jure

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"In law" higher form of recognition, formal and with embassies

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Exclusive Economic Zone

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Fishing and mineral rights 200 miles from shore belong to that country

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Executive Agreement

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International commitment of less importance than a treaty

Front 38

Geneva Convention

Back 38

Modern rules on behavior in war

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Habeas Corpus

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Right of detainee to appear before judge

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Human rights

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Freedom from govt abuse such as torture, jail, or death without due process

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Jus ad Bellum

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Traditional rules on right to go to war

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Jus in Bello

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Traditional rules on behavior in war

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Precedent

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Legal reasoning based on previous examples

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R2P

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Responsibility to protect; theory that outside powers may intervene to stop regimes from abusing their own citizens

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ratify

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To formally accept a treaty as binding

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reciprocity

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Doing to others what they have done to you

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Sanction

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Punishment for violation of IL

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Territorial Limit

Back 48

Extent of sovereignty from states' shores

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Treaty

Back 49

Contract between nations

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War Crimes

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Mistreating prisoners or civialians

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Cease Fire

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Mutually agreed upon pause in a war

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Collective Security

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Agreements by all countries to automatically punish aggressor states

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Functionalism

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Gaining countries' cooperation in specialized matters so it spills over into general cooperation

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Mission Creep

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Tendency of modest peacekeeping goals expand

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NGO

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Non-governmental organization, international charities and voluntary groups

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Peacekeeping

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Third-party military forces to stabilize a cease-fire

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Proximity talks

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Disputants negotiate through a nearby mediator, not face-to-face

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ROEs

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Rules of engagement stating when peacekeepers may shoot back

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Veto

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Blocking a measure by just one vote against