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36 Cards in this Set
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limits to democratic governance and their purposes? |
majority cannot make choices against minority |
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differences between parliamentary and presidential governments? |
parliamentary leader voted from legislative branch and more subservient to parliament. president voted from the people, and not really threatened by parliament. laws are more easily passed in a parliamentary system. |
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differences between a free trade agreement and a customs union? |
both are areas that allow countries to trade freely, but a customs union adds foreign trade policies and tariffs on goods being brought in from outside the union |
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origins of the E.U. and its changes in membership? |
formed november 1, 1993 to end the frequent wars 1970's denmark ireland and the uk join the EU greece joins in 1980. austria, sweden, finland join in 1995. 10 more in 2004. 2 more 2007. |
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what was the economic stability pact that was to be adhered to in order to gain entrance to the E.U? |
in 1998 they made a set of rules designed to ensure that countries in the European Union pursue sound public finances and coordinate their fiscal policies. fix budget deficits and stuff |
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what is the vast economic and political heterogeneity in the EU? |
countries aint all the same. |
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why do conflicts erupt? |
conflicts of interest? |
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what are the contributing factors to the Ukraine-Russia conflict? |
ukraine decided not to join the eu and instead entered a customs union with russia. Ukraines government was voted mostly by the eastern half and has not given legal rights to russian speakers, furthering discontent. as well it was a port for russia, gave access to gasand transportation of gas, encouraged ukraine to pay their bills. |
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understand the major diversities in Ukraine |
political ideals split the nation almost perfectly in half, as well while a majority is Ukrainian, many speak russian, |
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largest economies by size and per capita income? |
us, china, japan, germany, france |
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what is the current new world order power structure? (IMF and world bank) |
the AIIB now exists as a challenger |
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how does the rise of China challenge the IMF and World Bank's existing world order? |
they fund and add power to the AIIB, |
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what is the AIIB? |
a world bank created for the funding of projects in asia and considered a challenger to the world bank |
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what challenges or oppurtunities arise from the rise of China and the resulting shift in power? |
f*ck the us and the world bank. however china is not good for human rights :/ |
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what are the major affects of climate change? |
everyone drowning climate. change. |
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what is an externality? |
an externality is a negative or positive affect on a party outside of a transaction. |
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what is the commons problem? what commons are currently under threat? |
that if there is a common resource with free access, it will be very quickly depleted because nobody knows how to share or trust |
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how can you prevent the tragedy of the commons? |
punishment for overconsumption, rewards for underconsumption |
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what is the collective action problem? |
a problem caused by conflicting personal interests, and the temptation to let others do the work for you when the group is big enough |
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what is the prisoners dilemna? how does it relate to the reluctance to agree on environmental treaties? |
if person a and b confess, they get 1 month, if one confesses they get none and the other 6, and if neither confess neither get any. the risk is always too great, so it seems better to confess. likewise, if both countries cooperated they'd be better off, but if one didn't, the other one would be screwed over. |
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what is UNEP? |
leading global environmental authority |
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what is the international whaling commission? |
an intergovernmental body that works to protect whales. formed in 1946 |
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what was the kyoto protocol? |
extension of 1992 convention on climate change. based on the belief that climate change is real and caused by people. adopted in japan in 1997, put in force in 2005 |
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what was the montreal protocol? |
created in 1987, enforced in 1989 montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer focused on not using ozone depleting substances |
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what factors make international agreements more likely? |
common interests, cheap or able to make a lot of money |
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what are the major greenhouse gas emittors and what has their trajectory over the past few decades been? |
china, us, eu, india (per capita though canada is #1) they appear to be going up. |
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structuralism? |
roots in ideas of Karl Marx and exploitation is now less strict control of the state, worker exploitation, and ideological manipulation are all bad and so is the global capitalist system. its kinda communisty |
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marxism? |
focusses on the belief in the struggle between classes |
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worker exploitation? |
workers have an inferior bargaining position threat of unemployment makes complaining difficult capitalist owners have independent sources of money modern trade policies give additional leverage (can pay people sh*t) |
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control of the state |
money affects the government, so a small amount of people and corporations have a large say in what happens |
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imperialsim? |
goal of wealth and mistreatment of workers |
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5 forms of government |
aristocracy timocracy oligarchy democracy tyranny |
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aristocracy |
power is placed in the hands of a small ruling class |
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timocracy |
state where only property owners may participate in government |
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oligarchy |
all the power rests in the hands of a few people |
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6 founding countries of the EU? |
belgium, france, netherlands, germany, italy, luxemberg. |
