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22 Cards in this Set
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The Global Civil Society
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-International Organizations (IOs): state membership.
-Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs): established by individuals, non-profit. -Multi-National Corporations (MNCs): for profit. -Organized Crime Groups: violence for profit -Terrorist Groups: NGO with suicide vests. |
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Legitimate Non-State Actors, 1939
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-IOs: League of Nations.
-NGOs: same -MNCs: the beginnings -Why the Change?: WW1 |
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US Absence
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Reasons: keeping out of wars.
Implications: not legitimate, weak. |
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Non-State Actors, Today
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IOs: UN, EU, and all the rest of it.
NGOs: ditto MNCs: yup |
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How to avoid World War III
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-Realists: hegemonic stability. Nuclear weapons.
-Liberals: more stop signs, please. -Radicals: LET IT COME. -Constructivists: promote peaceful norms of interaction. |
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Functions in the International System
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-IOs: makes rules, gets states to talk to one another.
-NGOs: early warning system. -MNCs: interdependence. -Overarching Objective: foster peace, security, democracy, and development. |
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Authority and Influence
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-IOs: reputation and legitimacy that accrues to the state.
-NGOs: mobilizing public or international opinion against the state. -MNCs: promotion of econ development. |
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NGO Controversies
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-Governance: “democratic deficit”
-Representativeness: sources of $$$ -Funding: citizens; MNCs; governments. -Origin: developed countries. |
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Issue-oriented NGOs
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-Democracy and Human rights
-Humanitarian aid -Environmental issues -Disarmament/Nonproliferation |
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NGO Human Rights Involvement
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-Host government reaction: CIA front.
-Effect on domestic human rights movement: undermines the legitimacy of the entire cause. |
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Humanitarian Crisis in an Authoritarian State
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-Not participate: people die
-Participate: prolonging the life of an authoritarian regime. |
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US-occupied Iraq and Afghanistan Humanitarian Relief
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-Not participate: nationbuilding might fail.
-Participate: become an extension of US foreign policy. |
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Why is environmentalism controversial in the developing world?
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-NGO Priorities: environmentalism
-Developing State Priorities:economic development FIRST |
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UN Mission
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Promote cooperation
Economic development Humanitarian issues Enviro -peace |
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UN Assumptions
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-UNSC Permanent Members: France; Russia, China, US, UK.
-“Get out of war free” Card: P5, against own client states. -Implications: “concert of great powers”—but each has to equally powerful, no vacuum of power. |
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UN during the Cold War
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Can do: “meals on wheels”
Can’t do: peace |
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What’s in it for US???
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-Positives: spreading the cost of hegemony.
-Negatives: it does not endure. |
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UN, post-Cold War
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-Can do: anything the US wants it to do.
-US Attitude: no check on US power, so do stuff unilaterally. -Likely Consequences: hegemonic burden becomes greater. |
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Looming Irrelevance???
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Major Powers, 1945: P5
Major Powers, 2010: China; EU?;India; Brazil; Japan, Germany, South Korea, Why the lag?: dilution of power; regional rivalries. Consequences: irrelevance? League of Nations? |
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Evolution of the International System
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-Medieval/Renaissance: contested sovereignty (church-state).
-Enlightenment through early 20th century: the sovereign state (the Westphalian system). -Late 20th century: post-Westphalian system. Limited sovereignty. |
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Possible Futures of the International System
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-WorldGov
-Breakdown—sovereign states. -End of the world. -No change. World Government—if current institutions fail. Back to the 19th century. Very unlikely—immense problems associated with pure state sovereignty. Status quo, but hegemonic rotation. |
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Nightmare Scenarios
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Failure of globalization
War???? Epidemics Environment and resource depletion. Natural disaster. Hegemonic failure. |
