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18 Cards in this Set
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STATE
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A Society in which enforceable government authority is distinguished from other forms of authority within clearly defined borders
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SOVEREIGNTY
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The legal principle established through recognition by other states, that a state is the highest authority within its borders.
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NATION
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A society in which people identify with one another on the basis of ethnic, linguistic, religious, cultural or other commonalities.
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NATION-STATE
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A state whose boundaries mach those of a nation.
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FEUDALISM
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A system of authority based on the negotiation of obligation
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MERCANTILISM
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The Use of economic instruments (policy) to increase state power.
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UNILATERALISM
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one-sided actions or policies, implies independence of action, based on national conception of interest rather than mutually agreed norms.
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MULTILATERALISM
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many sided actions or policies, implies consultation,coordination/ harmonization. The goal is a predictable rule-based system of world order.
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HEGEMONY
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"dominance...the ability of a state to enforce its will and define the rules of IR…to deter threats and defeat opponents when necessary, without regard to any common rules or norms.
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TERRORISM
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An act which, if committed durign wartime wold be considered a breach of the laws of war.
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GRAND STRATEGY
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a state’s theory of how to ensure (cause) security and prosperity for its citizens...by clearly identifying its interests and the threats to those interests, and by specifying the military and nonmilitary means to counter threats.
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DETERRENCE
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An effort by one party to persuade an opponent NOT to take an action by convincing the opponent that the costs of the action exceed the benefits.
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EXTENDED DETERRENCE
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An effort by one party to persuade an opponent NOT to take an action against a friend or ally by convincing the opponent that the costs of the action exceed the benefits .
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COERCION (Compellance)
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The threat or use of limited force to persuade an opponent to call off (undo) an action that has already been initiated.
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CREDIBILITY
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The perception on the part of an opponent or partner of the probability that a threat will in fact be implemented.
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WASHINGTON CONSENSUS
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the dominant belief and approach in the multilateral agencies that development requires minimizing the role of government (taxes, subsidies, ownership, price controls)
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FIXED EXCHANGE RATES
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the value of two currencies are fixed by agreement of two governments.
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FLOATING EXCHANGE RATES
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the value of two currencies are determined by market forces
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