Study Guide Terms. Politics Of Globalisation

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Power-struggle-self help- self interest-anarchy-balance of power.

Which theoretical perspective would best be characterized by the phrase “might makes right”?

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Realism

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Peace-justice-democracy-self determination-global governance.

Which of the following analytical orientations is most likely to be concerned with spreading democracy.

Which theoretical perspective is most likely to support reduced national sovereignty and increased interdependence?

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Liberalism

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Political or social philosophy in which the welfare of the nation-state as an entity is considered paramount.

Sense of political self
Is an ideology
Values of what is good or bad
Patriotism
Linked together and excluded
American, Texan and Democrat (LBJ)
Agree or disagree with the order of identity

Democratic consciousness expresses itself
Promotes democracy (+/-) inevitable (?)
Discourages imperialism (the demise of empires)
Strengthens resolve to resist domination ( Iraq/ Afghanistan (US occupation ?)
Nationalism allows diversity/experimentation
How separate a culture centripetal/centrifugal

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Nationalism

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Americans finished next to last

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Knowledge of foreign news

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________ believe that power politics is the driving force behind international relations. Therefore, ______ believe that both safety and wisdom lie in promoting the national interest through the preservation and, if necessary, the application of the state's power.

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Realist Concerns

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Was a classic liberal president. He addressed Congress on April 2, 1917, to ask for a decloration of war against Germany, _____ argued that, "The world must be made safe for democracy" by defeating autoctatic Germany because peace was only made possible through a partnership of democratic nations

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Woodrow Wilson

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Things that the government and perhaps others cannot do to an individual or group, such as discrimination, are

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Proscriptive rights

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Basic necessities that a society and its government are arguably obligated to provide as best they can in order to assure certain qualitative standards of life for everyone in the community are known as

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Prescriptive Rights

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One important intergovernmental effort to monitor global human rights issues is directed by

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The UN Commission on Human Rights

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Which group is still considered a minority because it lacks political and economic power, despite the fact that it constitutes 50 percent of the world's population?

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Women

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The use of ultrasound technology during pregnancy has

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Resulted in increased abortions of female fetuses

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Which country has yet to sign the treaty that resulted from the Convention on the Rights of Children on the grounds that it may prohibit criminals under the age 18 from being executed?

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The United States

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One recent effort of indigenous peoples voicing their rights has been their attempt to

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Protect their traditional home areas politically and environmentally

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The least successful international efforts concern

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issues surrounding migrant workers

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What did Thomas Malthus predict would happen to the world population and food production?

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Malthus predicted that human population growth would outpace food production thereby increasing global starvation.

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One of the particular efforts of indigenous people has been the political and environmental protection of their homelands

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True

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International efforts on behalf of refugees have been highly successful.

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False

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Measuring a country's strength through traditional measures (such as GNP) and also through human and natural capital is known as

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Green Accounting

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One primary reason that environmental optimists are not concerned with natural resource depletion is they believe that

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technological innovation will allow the development of synthetic materials to replace natural resources

natural resource depletion will decrease once alternative forms of energy become readily available

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The largest number of humans that the Earth can sustain indefinitely at current rates of per capita consumption of natural resources is known as the Earth's

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Carrying Capacity

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Options for sustainable development include all of the following except

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encouraging Northern industies to relocate their operations to LDCs.

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In October 1999, the population of the world reached

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6 billion

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The contraceptive prevalence rate in LDCs is

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increasing on average due to increased education and access to birth control

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Economic approaches to reducing the birthrate place great emphasis on

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making birth control devices more affordable.

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The reduction of global population growth can be attributed to all of the following factors except improved

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Pollution control in LDCs.

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Which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship between energy and geographic location

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While energy consumption is greater in the North, the demand for energy is greater in the South.

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Approximately what percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by water?

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more than 70 percent

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Approximately what percentage of the world's water is readily available for human consumption?

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1 percent

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Over the past twenty years, the average marine catch in the oceans

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has increased to meet the needs of the growing human population.

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Many scientists believe that carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels creates

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The Greenhouse Effect

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Deforestation contributes to increasing carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere because

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trees convert carbon dioxide into oxygen.

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World's Population

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6.5 billion

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(1588-1697), who beleived that humans posses an inherent urge to dominate. In his book Leviathan (1651), _____ argued that "If any two men desire the same thing, whcih nevertheless they cannot both enjoy, they become enemies and...endeavor to destroy or subdue one another.



People join together out of fear and create governments for protection

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Thomas Hobbes

Hobbes: Purposes of the state

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Liberals see balance-of-power politics as a

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never-ending formula for conflict and for wasting resources

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The notion that countries seek to conserve and amass power, that some countries seek to become powerful enough to dominate their region or even the international system, and that other countries will seek to counter a hegemonic drive by further increasing their own power or cooperating with other powers in preventing any country or bloc from achieving dominance.

Realists perspective

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balance-of-power politics theory

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The notion that international organizations are attempting to control LDCs’ environmental resources is called

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eco-colonialism.

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_________ and children make up a substantial majority of refugees

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Women

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Adopted unanimously by the UN General Assembly in 1989, with sufficient ratifications going into effect in 1990, the convention outlines a wide range of collective and individual rights for all persons under the age of 18.

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Convention on the Rights of the Child

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Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979 and subsequently adhered to by over 90% of all countries, the treaty defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets forth an agenda for national action to end it

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

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Adopted in 1965 and in effect in 1969, the treaty defines and condemns racial discrimination and commits the states that are party to it to pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and promoting understanding among all races.

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International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

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Loss of green leaves. To deprive (a plant, tree, or forest) of leaves.

- To cause the leaves of (a plant, tree, or forest) to fall off, especially by the use of chemicals.

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Defoliation

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liberals emphasize commonality among actors on the world stage–in terms of common interests of states, common rules accepted, and common institutions based on both expediency and...

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Morality

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An ethnic group in which a significant percentage of its members favor national self-determination and the establishment of a nation-state dominated by the group.

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ethnonational group

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A form of political violence conducted by individuals, groups, or clandestine government agents that attempts to manipulate politics by attacking noncombatants and nonmilitary targets in order to create a climate of fear.

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Terrorism

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A group of people who subscribe to the belief that human rights are derived from sources external to society, such as from a theological, ideological, or natural rights basis.

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Universalists

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An economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods, competition, and profit incentives

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Capitalism

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How countries apply power to achieve their goals in the international system

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Diplomacy

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Rests on negative incentives (“sticks”) and positive incentives (“carrots”)

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Hard Power

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means that the amount of force used must be proportionate to the threat.

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Proportionality

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Let the decision stand. Legal intreptaions by courts set precendant according to the doctrine of _______

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Stare decisis

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Countries, located mainly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, with economies that rely heavily on the production of agriculture and raw materials and whose per capita GDP and standard of living are substantially below Western standards.

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LDC's

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one aspect of cooperation among the economically developed countries _______ of the North is an effort to ensure that their relative prosperity continues

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EDC's

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Judicial decisions and scholarly writing

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How international law is made

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________ are the primary source of International Law

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International Treaties

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The concept that rights and liberties of the individual are paramount within a society.

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Individualism