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102 Cards in this Set
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state soverignty
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-supreme authority over internal affairs
-legal quality with other states |
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State (legal entity)
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-permament pop
-defined territory -gov. with one rule - ability to conduct foreign affairs |
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Factors effecting foreign policy issues
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-global inf.
-stae inf. -ind. inf. -policy-making process |
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intermestic
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issues that are both international and domestic
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factors Affecting leadeship capacity
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-personality
-degree of control over foreign policy -sense of politcal efficiacy -amount of available info -ability to deal with crisis -"great person" versus zeitgeist |
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state soverignty
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-supreme authoriy of itna affairs
-legal equality with states |
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state (legal entity)
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-pop
-territory -rule of law -conduct intn affairs |
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state attributes
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-size
-location -wealth -domestic political affairs |
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Foreign policy determinants
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-geopol pos.
-military -economy -type of gov (dem. vs autocratic) |
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emocratic peace
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dem. don't attack each other
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end of history
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a liberal democracy with a market economy is the only satisfying mode for a modern society
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policy making rational choice
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-porblem recognition
-goal selection -id of alts -consideratiion of consequences -output is choice |
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impediments to rat choice
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- bounded rat. (human flaws prevent best decision
- cogn. diss. -political agendas -satisficing |
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bureaucracies
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gov. agencies, reg. commissions, departments
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factors bureaucratic efficiency/rationality
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-bureaucratic politics model (bargaining, compromise )
-groupthink -SOP |
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procedural rationality
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perfect info, carefuly weigh options (leader not imp)
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instrumental rationality
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comparing all options and selecting the best one (leader important)
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FUCKIN CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
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bitch
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hegemon
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a single powerful state that excercises predominant influence over global actors
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hegemonic stability theory
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establishment of a globl hegemon is necessary for global order for commercial nd security reasons
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enduring rivals
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prolonged conflict bewteen pairs of nations whose constant conflcit often leads to war
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peace of westphalia
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SOVEREIGNTY
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great power evolution
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-1490s-1610s=Portugal, Spain
-1618-1648=30 years war -1650-1800=rise of europe(Russia, france, austria, england...prussia) -1796-1815=Napoleonic Wars (nationalim/industrialization) -1815-1914=balance of power/unification of germany upsets balance/europe/us/japan imp. |
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counterfactual reasoning
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what if question
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WWI (causes)
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-alliance system (triple entente, central powers
-rise of germany -decision of great-power leaders -nationalist feelings -social darwinism |
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WWI (consequences)
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-millions dead
-Versailles treaty and german war guilt -creation of new european states -wilson liberalism/decline of realism -loss of west confidence -small states get voice at League of N |
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irredentism
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a movement by a ethnical group to retake lost territory so that one ethnic group will be united
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WWII (causes)
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-Versailles "diktat" and german revenge
-german irredentism -dictatorships -democracies equivocate -great depression and war economics -quest for resources (pacific) |
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WWII (consequences)
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-more border changes in europe
-old empires finished -iron curtain -decolonization -UN -US-soviet rivalry: cold war |
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multipolarity
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a distribution of global power in three of more great-power centers, with other states allited with one of the rivals
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protectionism
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barriers of foreign trade, such as tariffs, and quotas, that protect local inustries from being out-competed by foreign ones
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power transition
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a narrowing of the ratio of military capabilities between great power rivals tht is thought to increase the probability of war
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cold war causes
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-two powerful rival states emerge
-struggle for spheres of influence -mirror images of each other as threat -self-fufulling prophecy -ideology? -security dilemma |
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self-fufilling prophecy
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one's expectations evoke behavior that helps the expectations become true
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security dilemma
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as each national arms itself to increase national security, it leads to a decline in security for all sides
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Cold War (confrontation)
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-containment
-berlin blockade, korean war -extended deterrence -peaceful coexistence -cuban missile crisis |
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extended deterrence
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military force to protect allies
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WWII (causes)
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-Versailles "diktat" and german revenge
-german irredentism -dictatorships -democracies equivocate -great depression and war economics -quest for resources (pacific) |
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WWII (consequences)
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-more border changes in europe
-old empires finished -iron curtain -decolonization -UN -US-soviet rivalry: cold war |
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multipolarity
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a distribution of global power in three of more great-power centers, with other states allited with one of the rivals
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protectionism
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barriers of foreign trade, such as tariffs, and quotas, that protect local inustries from being out-competed by foreign ones
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power transition
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a narrowing of the ratio of military capabilities between great power rivals tht is thought to increase the probability of war
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cold war causes
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-two powerful rival states emerge
-struggle for spheres of influence -mirror images of each other as threat -self-fufulling prophecy -ideology? -security dilemma |
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self-fufilling prophecy
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one's expectations evoke behavior that helps the expectations become true
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security dilemma
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as each national arms itself to increase national security, it leads to a decline in security for all sides
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Cold War (confrontation)
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-containment
-berlin blockade, korean war -extended deterrence -peaceful coexistence -cuban missile crisis |
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extended deterrence
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military force to protect allies
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WWII (causes)
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-Versailles "diktat" and german revenge
-german irredentism -dictatorships -democracies equivocate -great depression and war economics -quest for resources (pacific) |
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WWII (consequences)
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-more border changes in europe
-old empires finished -iron curtain -decolonization -UN -US-soviet rivalry: cold war |
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multipolarity
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a distribution of global power in three of more great-power centers, with other states allited with one of the rivals
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protectionism
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barriers of foreign trade, such as tariffs, and quotas, that protect local inustries from being out-competed by foreign ones
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power transition
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a narrowing of the ratio of military capabilities between great power rivals tht is thought to increase the probability of war
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cold war causes
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-two powerful rival states emerge
-struggle for spheres of influence -mirror images of each other as threat -self-fufulling prophecy -ideology? -security dilemma |
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self-fufilling prophecy
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one's expectations evoke behavior that helps the expectations become true
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security dilemma
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as each national arms itself to increase national security, it leads to a decline in security for all sides
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Cold War (confrontation)
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-containment
-berlin blockade, korean war -extended deterrence -peaceful coexistence -cuban missile crisis |
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extended deterrence
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military force to protect allies
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WWII (causes)
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-Versailles "diktat" and german revenge
-german irredentism -dictatorships -democracies equivocate -great depression and war economics -quest for resources (pacific) |
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WWII (consequences)
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-more border changes in europe
-old empires finished -iron curtain -decolonization -UN -US-soviet rivalry: cold war |
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multipolarity
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a distribution of global power in three of more great-power centers, with other states allited with one of the rivals
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protectionism
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barriers of foreign trade, such as tariffs, and quotas, that protect local inustries from being out-competed by foreign ones
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power transition
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a narrowing of the ratio of military capabilities between great power rivals tht is thought to increase the probability of war
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cold war causes
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-two powerful rival states emerge
-struggle for spheres of influence -mirror images of each other as threat -self-fufulling prophecy -ideology? -security dilemma |
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self-fufilling prophecy
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one's expectations evoke behavior that helps the expectations become true
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security dilemma
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as each national arms itself to increase national security, it leads to a decline in security for all sides
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Cold War (confrontation)
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-containment
-berlin blockade, korean war -extended deterrence -peaceful coexistence -cuban missile crisis |
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extended deterrence
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military force to protect allies
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peaceful coexistence
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khruschev-cap and com did not have to attack
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Cold War (ritualization)
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-MAD, mutual assured destruction
-vietnam war -detente:relax tensions -nixon kissinger -SALT talks -cultural exchanges, trade agreements |
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SALT
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strategic arms limitation talks-limits strategic nuclear weapon delivery systems
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cold war (denouement)
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-soviet invasion fo afganistan
-gorbachev policies -glasnot -perestroika |
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rapprochment
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a policy to reestablish normal diplomatic relations between enemies
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America's unipolar moment
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-end of cold war, US triumph
-unipolar stance concerns/alarms many -bush doctrine on war on terror -unilateralism of bush (43) administration |
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a multipolar world
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-US currently dominant
-China and EU potential challengers -instability of multipolar power -power transition -soft power? |
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soft power
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co-opt through intagibles (values, popularty) as opposed to hard military coercion
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imperial over stretch
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tendency of hegemons to over spend in military and foreign affairs, which weakens economy
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entente
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an agreement amongst states if one is attacked
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concert
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agreement among world powers to jointly govern world politics
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multilateralism
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cooperative approaches to managing shared problems through collective and coordinated action
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selective engagement
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balance international policeman with isolationist-attention paid to most important issues
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unilateral approach
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acting alone, self help, independent from other states
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characteristics of global north
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-democratic-free market
-technologically inventive -wealthy -againg pop. -low pop. growth |
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characteristics of global south
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-most states...
not democratic low technology use poor rapid pop growth overstrained socail and ecological systems -80% of glob. pop -15% global wealth |
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LLDCs
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least developed of the less developed
"fourth world" |
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mercantilism
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trade increases state wealth, incourage exports, discourage imports
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explain imp.
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-marxists: outlets for surplus capital
-world-system theory: capitalist core and dependent periphery -hobson:sompetition for power and prestige (social darwinism) |
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neo-colonilism
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domination through economic means
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modernization theory
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-global south must
create conditions for efficient production free enterprise, free trade pass through stages of dev. and reach "take off" -conditions that allowed north to do this don't exist |
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dependency theory
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-global north keeps global south poor through:
-terms of trade and finance -exploitation by MNCs? 02 sector economics |
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world system theory
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-core:capitalist states produce "advanced goods
-semiperiphery: states advancing toward core, or descending to periphery -periphery: developing states produce commodites and low-technology goods DIVISION |
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NIEs
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newly industrialized countries
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asian tigers
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south korea, taiwan, singapore, hong kong
MRACLE |
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nonaligned movement G77
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don't align with any block to avoid war, advance global south's common interests
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failed states
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states whose citizens rebel against mismanaged gov
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nonstate nations
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stuggling to gain political; right
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external military intevention
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more powerful state invading state
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import substitute
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concentration on domestic products
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export-led
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concentrates on havin competitive exports
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currency finagling
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New International Economic Order
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NIEO (pushed by group 77
redistribute global wealth |
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reg trade regimes
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know them
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shit
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blah
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