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30 Cards in this Set
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Atlantic Charter
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US-UK Collaboration with FDR and Churchill for "social security" in a literal sense
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Deceleration of Bangkok
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A statement made by 40 Asian states in 1993 to fight for human rights
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Basic human needs approach
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the belief that gov't should provide food, shelter, and education
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Beijing conference on Women
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International attention on women’s rights
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Centralization
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Concentration of authority in one location
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Clash of civilizations
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Different civilizations have different values which lead to war-Samuel Huntington
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Classical Liberal Philosophers
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Political democracy, equal opportunity, individual rights, and limited gov’t. E.g. John Locke, John Stuart Mill
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Collectivism
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Valuing groups of humans beings
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Conflict of moral values
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Disagreement over moral issues
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Debate over human rights definitions
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Relationship between sovereignty and human rights
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Decentralization
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The spread of authority
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Human rights
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The right of all persons to be free from oppression of their political beliefs and for a moral standard for security
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Individualism
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Emphasis on individual rights; western thought
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International criminal court
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Established under Rome statutes in 1998, though has yet to take effect. Against genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
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International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia & Rwanda
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Trials against anyone who committed war crimes or crimes against humanity in those 2 nations (2 separate courts)
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Materialism
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Emphasis on tangible goods which hold value; western thought
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Modernization
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Progression which opposes religion and tradition
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Nuremburg and Tokyo trials
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military trials of Japanese and German solders
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Political authoritarianism/totalitarianism
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A centralized system in which only a few people make decisions
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Political democracy
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A decentralized system in which citizens have a say in the decision making process
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Spiritualism
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Values religious values
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Traditionalism
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Desire to maintain values that have developed over time
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Universal declaration of human rights
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1948 UN documents identifying a common standards for all persons
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Women’s right
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The right for women to be equal and to destabilize the patriarch cal world
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5 Men developing the non-aligned movement
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1. Nehru-India
2.Sukarno-Indonesia 3.Nukruma-Ghana 4.Abdil Nassir-Egypt 5.Tito-Yugoslovia |
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"De-link" 3 desires of the southern world
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1.Economic independence
2.Political independence 3.Interdependency with southern states |
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Typologies of international conflict (5)
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1.International crisis 2.Intensity conflict 3.Terrorism 4.Civil war & Revolution 5. International war
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Long-cycle theory
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Large scale wars typically extend from 50-200 years
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Dangers of the North-South Conflict (3)
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1.Resource deprivation
2.Cartelization 3. Terrorism |
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Causes of the North-South Conflict (4-steps)
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Colonialism or slavery > depletion of resources > poor country > increased economic gap
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