Iss Ch 6-8

Front 1

states

Back 1

units of governance that exercise legal authority over specific territory and the people in it--do not recognize an external higher authority

Front 2

sovereignty

Back 2

having supreme legal authority

Front 3

domestic support

Back 3

a state's population that is loyal and grants it legitmacy--accepts reality of a governments power to govern

Front 4

Thomas Hobbes

Back 4

government created out of fear and for protection

Front 5

John Locke

Back 5

government created because through cooperation more can get done

Front 6

insturmental theory of government

Back 6

governments should survive only as long as they did what they were created to do and did not overstep their limits

Front 7

balance of power politics

Back 7

1) all states are power seeking
2) a state will ultimately want to dominate the system
3) other states will attempt to block that dominance by increasing their own powr

Front 8

hegemonic

Back 8

one power--to dominate the whole system

Front 9

hard power

Back 9

power that rests on negative and positive incentives

Front 10

soft power

Back 10

the ability to persuade others to follow your lead by being an attractive example

Front 11

absolute power

Back 11

power that indisputably exists and can be used (ex. bombs and armies)

Front 12

relative power

Back 12

comparative power--(ex. compared to Japan, China is less powerful but compared to Vietnam, China is more powerful)

Front 13

zero sum game

Back 13

a gain in power for one state results in the low of power for another

Front 14

will to power

Back 14

a country's willingness to use its capacity (to turn potential power into applied power)

ex. japan

Front 15

objective power

Back 15

the assets you possess and that you are willing to use

Front 16

subjective power

Back 16

a country's power is to a degree based on others perceptions of its potential power and its reputation

Front 17

situational power

Back 17

power that varies according to the situation or context

Front 18

democratic peace theory

Back 18

the spread of democracy to all countries would eliminate war

Front 19

direct diplomatic application of power

Back 19

use of economic sanctions, inducements, and threats/offers

Front 20

indirect application of power

Back 20

communicating about policy, argue its position, and persuade others to join

Front 21

bilateral diplomacy

Back 21

direct negotiations between two countries

Front 22

multilateral diplomacy

Back 22

conferences involving a number of nations

Front 23

two-level game theory

Back 23

to be successful a country's diplomats must find a solution that is acceptable to both the other country and its own country on international, domestic, and political levels

Front 24

open diplomacy

Back 24

negotiations and contents of agreements reported and documented

Front 25

public diplomacy

Back 25

creating an image that enhances a country's ability to achieve diplomatic success by increasing its soft power

Front 26

roles of the state

Back 26

1) provide physical safety
2) provide economic prosperity
3) provide for the general welfare

Front 27

two examples of IGOs

Back 27

the UN
the EU

Front 28

hague system

Back 28

first example of IGO based on keeping peace--peace conference in the Netherlands

Front 29

functionalism

Back 29

the way to global cooperation begins with limited, pragmatic cooperation on narrow, non political issues

(bottom up)

Front 30

neofunctionalism

Back 30

immediate establishment of IGOs and giving them independence and adequate resources so they can address political issues

(top down)