World Politics Chapter 6

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regimes

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Norms, rules, and procedures for interaction agreed to by a set of states.

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European Union

Back 2

A regional organization created by the merger of the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Atomic Energy Community, and the European Economic Community (called the European Community until 1993) that has since expanded geographically and in its authority.

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Security Community

Back 3

A group of states whose high level of institutionalized or customary collaboration results in the settlement of disputes by compromise rather than by military force.

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political integration

Back 4

The processes and activities by which the populations of many or all states transfer their loyalties to a merged political and economic unit.

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European Commission

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The executive organ administratively responsible for the European Union.

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pooled sovereignty

Back 6

Legal authority granted to an IGO by its members to make collective decisions regarding specified aspects of public policy heretofore made exclusively by each sovereign government.

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nonstate nations

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National or ethnic groups struggling to obtain power and/or statehood.

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Ethnic Nationalism

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Devotion to a cultural, ethnic, or linguistic community.

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Ethnicity

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Perceptions of likeness among members of a particular racial grouping leading them to prejudicially view other nationality groups as outsiders.

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Clash Of Civilizations

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Political scientist Samuel Huntington’s controversial thesis that in the twenty-first century the globe’s major civilizations will conflict with one another, leading to anarchy and warfare similar to that resulting from conflicts between states over the past 500 years.

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Transnational Religous Movements

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A set of beliefs, practices, and ideas administered politically by religious organizations to promote the worship of their conception of a transcendent deity and its principles for conduct.

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Theocracy

Back 12

A country whose government is organized around a religious dogma.

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militant religious movements

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Politically active organizations based on strong religious convictions, whose members are fanatically devoted to the global promotion of their religious beliefs.

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secession

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A religious or ethnic minority’s efforts, often by violent means, to gain independent statehood by separating territory from an established sovereign state.

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diasporas

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The migration of religious or ethnic groups to foreign lands despite their continuation of affiliation with the land and customs of their origin.

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outsourcing

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The transfer of jobs by a corporation usually headquartered in a Global North country to a Global South country able to supply trained workers at lower wages.

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globally integrated enterprises

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MNCs organized horizontally, with management and production located in plants in numerous states for the same products they market.

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civil society

Back 18

A community that embraces shared norms and ethical standards to collectively manage problems without coercion and through peaceful and democratic procedures for decision making aimed at improving human welfare.

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Terrorism

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Premeditated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational, transnational groups, or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience.

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civil society

Back 20

A community that embraces shared norms and ethical standards to collectively manage problems without coercion and through peaceful and democratic procedures for decision making aimed at improving human welfare.

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clash of civilizations

Back 21

Political scientist Samuel Huntington’s controversial thesis that in the twenty-first century the globe’s major civilizations will conflict with one another, leading to anarchy and warfare similar to that resulting from conflicts between states over the past 500 years.

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diasporas

Back 22

The migration of religious or ethnic groups to foreign lands despite their continuation of affiliation with the land and customs of their origin.

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ethnicity

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Perceptions of likeness among members of a particular racial grouping leading them to prejudicially view other nationality groups as outsiders.

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ethnic nationalism

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Devotion to a cultural, ethnic, or linguistic community.

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European Commission

Back 25

The executive organ administratively responsible for the European Union.

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globally integrated enterprises

Back 26

MNCs organized horizontally, with management and production located in plants in numerous states for the same products they market.

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militant religious movements

Back 27

Politically active organizations based on strong religious convictions, whose members are fanatically devoted to the global promotion of their religious beliefs.

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nonstate nations

Back 28

National or ethnic groups struggling to obtain power and/or statehood.

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outsourcing

Back 29

The transfer of jobs by a corporation usually headquartered in a Global North country to a Global South country able to supply trained workers at lower wages.

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political integration

Back 30

The processes and activities by which the populations of many or all states transfer their loyalties to a merged political and economic unit.

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pooled sovereignty

Back 31

Legal authority granted to an IGO by its members to make collective decisions regarding specified aspects of public policy heretofore made exclusively by each sovereign government.

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regimes

Back 32

Norms, rules, and procedures for interaction agreed to by a set of states.

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responsible sovereignty

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A principle that requires states to protect not only their own people but to cooperate across borders to protect global resources and address transnational threats.

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secession, or separatist revolts

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A religious or ethnic minority’s efforts, often by violent means, to gain independent statehood by separating territory from an established sovereign state.

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security community

Back 35

A group of states whose high level of institutionalized or customary collaboration results in the settlement of disputes by compromise rather than by military force.

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terrorism

Back 36

Premeditated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational, transnational groups, or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience.

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theocracy

Back 37

A country whose government is organized around a religious dogma.