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51 Cards in this Set
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Realism
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individual level
Machiavelli |
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machiavelli
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weak vs strong state leaders
do whats best for the state |
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Neo- Realism
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systems level
ok to lust for power Thucydidies Hobbes |
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Thucydides
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Melian Dialogue
Athenians took over Melos |
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Hobbes
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constant state of war
everyone at an equal level anarchy social contract-order |
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5 assumptions of Neo-Realism
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1) Anarchy
2) state most important actor 3) States and rational and unitary 4) Security trumps all 5) military force policy tool |
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power resources
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long term
get actor to do what you want tangible intangible |
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Tangible power resources
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GDP
wealth population natural resources |
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Intangible power resources
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loyalty
trust to help you reputation |
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political power
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ability to achieve preferred outcome
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int'l politics
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relations among states
no boundaries |
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politics
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who gets what
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Conflict and cooperation/security
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War
Terrorism Balance of Power |
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Political Economy
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How power relates to the economy
Debt trade rich v poor |
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Individual Level of Analysis
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background and characteristics that might effect policymaking
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State level of analysis
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type of state
domestic policies |
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systems level of analysis
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state interactions internationally
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Security dilema
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build up of arm by one state countermoves by another state
unstable |
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Arm race
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build up of arms such as in security dilema- US and soviet union
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Relative gains
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when one party gains more than the other
neo-realists support |
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absolute gains
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all party better off
neo-realists dont support |
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Balance of power
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distribution of capabilities
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multipolar
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3 or more central powers
none dominant |
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bipolar
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2 central powers
cold war US and Soviet union Neo- real stable |
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unipolar
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only one dominant power
US |
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Liberalism
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people are good in nature
political and economic freedom individuals rational progress for increased human freedom copperation-interdependance |
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Neo-Liberalism
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create order in the int'l system
int'l law sustain cooperation possible |
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Neo-Liberalism Assumptions
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1) Only some anarchy- inst and rules
2)state most important but other actors impact outcomes 3) differences in rationality- long v short term 4) multiple voices and perspectives 5) security most important when theres a direct threat 6) military force rarely used |
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Collective goods problem
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all product available to everyone( tangible and intangible)
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free riders
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no incentive
benefits from goods |
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Institutions
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state making mutual goods
trade offs in cooperation |
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Regimine theory
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better good globally (trade)
norms principles-embedded in regimine rules- treaties decision making- IGOs |
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Hegemonic stability theory
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unipolar system
force imposes order |
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Democratic Peace hypothesis
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no 2 democracies have gone to war with one another
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Marxism
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1)class antagonism- root
2) organizing production-historically identify 3) internal conflict- downfall of mode, new mode 4) capitalist mode best- go globally and downfall 5) powerful exploit weak |
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Post-Modernism
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scientific method doesnt apply
bias on all, refer to txts no single reality, multiple perspectives |
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Contructivism
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socially constructed world
shared knowledge material conception-based on shared experiences-marker |
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Liberal Feminism
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Women act the same in positions of power
Differences between men and women trivial expand talent pool- more knowledge and expeience |
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Difference Feminism
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Womens way of knowing different than men
perceive world differently-peacekeeping, copperation fund shift in system |
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Post modernist feminism
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criticize overgeneralizations
questions assumptions Conventional theories dont take gender into consideration |
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Conflict of interest
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territory-succession
control of gov-sovereignty indirect- soft power direct-military |
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Conflict of Ideas
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Ethniticity-majority v minority
religion- dominant religion, conflict of cultures |
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Group animosity structural
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weak state, security dilema
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group animosity political
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political favoring, animosity
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group animosity cultural and perceptual
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religion
group history |
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GDP and military spending
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% used, varies among states
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Ways to pay for war
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taxes
bonds print money looting |
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Mutually Assured destruction
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Realist- leaders of nuclear states rational
permenent fixed address threat to use military credible 2nd strike capability- dont strike first |
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Non proliferation treaty
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no nuclear weapon transfer
disarmament talks states w/o nuclear weapons denounce them |
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int'l atomic energy agency
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internal affairs
uphold commitments to NPT |
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Humanitarian intervention
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Civil war- refugees bad for other countries
defense of democracy state failure hidden strategic reasons unilateral v multilateral violations of humans rights- who is worthy of protection |
