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10 Cards in this Set
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What are the possibilities of the world system?
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Chaos, anarchy, order, and our world today
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Peace of Westphalia
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1648: Ended 30 years war, established sovereignty of nations, established the state as a principle actor
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What are the major actors in IR?
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States, IGOs, NGOs, and movements
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What is the job of the state?
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provides people with things they can't provide, defends itself against other states, owns the army, police, and jails, and is the basis of our current system
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What are the characteristics of a state?
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-habitable territory
-permanent population -governance of all throughout land -ability to deal with other states |
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What are the characteristics of a nation?
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one or all of the following:
-common ethnicity -common language/culture -shared religion *usually self defined -shared experience of becoming a people |
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What are the 2 types of cooperation?
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1) marriage: accidental/natural agreement. ex: scandinavia. ex: Icelands banks fail, Nordic countries give loans
2)bargains: cooperation through treaties and other negotiations |
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What are the types of conflict?
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-show of force "gunboat diplomacy"
-economic sanctions -terrorist style actions -unilateral use of force -low intensity conflice -all out war |
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What are the 3 ways of looking at IR?
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1) theories: describe/explain/predict, there are many that modify overlap and update
2)heuristics-often used in crisis or times of stress. shorthand explanations for how things work. ex: prisoner's dilemma 3)traditions |
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What are the levels of analysis?
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systemic
domestic individual |
