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| no international system of authority. States are one their own |
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| leadership or dominance by one country or group |
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| international power is mostly with two main powers |
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| more than two states have nearly equal amounts of power in the international system |
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| A system where only one state has most of the power |
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| a political theory where the view of the individual is as a selfish power seeking being. States will always look out for their own best interest |
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| interests are not predetermined but rather constructed by social interaction. Nature vs nurture. |
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| Individual, state, international system |
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| individual level of analysis |
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| looks at the individual actors in a situation |
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| looks at state factors such as type of government, economy, or national interest |
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| international system level of analysis |
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| looks at international factors such as norms, NGOs, alliances, IGOs, and multinational corporations |
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| a political theory that claims that human nature is basically good, and that people can improve their condition.Bad behavior is a product of inadequate of corrupt social institutions |
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| multinational corporation |
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| a company that operates in various countries all around the world |
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| a theory that shows that if two individuals are given a choice, they will chose what is each of their own best interest |
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| realist belief that no other states can be relied on to help guarantee a state's survival |
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| states act with one voice, they have a single national interest |
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| economic theory that says international commerce will increase a states wealth |
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| a nation is simply a group of people who share a set of characteristics. A state must meet four criteria: geographically defined boundaries, a stable population, a government, recognized diplomatically vs other states |
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| private organization of individuals that engage in political, social or economical activities across many boarders |
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| international agencies formed by states. These deal with common interests among the states. United Nations |
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| the demands of ethic groups to try and take over territory of the state by separating from the state |
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| a theory that states that democracies do not fight wars against other democracies |
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| the practice of keeping a large military force to prevent other states from attacking |
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| any system in which the actors have roughly equal power so that one cannot dominate |
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| a set of ethics or rules upon which policy should be guided |
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| where one state improves its military capabilities, thus forcing others to keep up at the risk of their own security. arms race |
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| devotion to the nation and its shared characteristics |
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| Most highly developed countries are in the North. Most developing countries are in the south |
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| refers to an individual or group that moves across traditional state boundries |
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| an IGO made up of 27 European states. |
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| world trade organization. facilitates the principles of liberal free trade |
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| the general behavior and characteristics of human beings |
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| the perceived amount of power that one state has in relation to another |
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| Melos was a small island in the greek empire who caught caught in the battle between athens and sparta. They refused to join Athens by remaining neutral, and where subsequently destroyed |
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| aims to understand gender inequality. Also if the world would be different if more women were in power |
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| permanently displaced ethnic group |
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| theory that claims economic factors as the most important. views the world as a capitalist system designed to pursue accumulation of capital |
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| ideas spread to other areas, negativly or positivly |
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| the study of the way things are |
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| claims the rationality of an individual is determined by their cognitive limitations, amount of time they have, and the info available to them at the time |
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| to have power over everything |
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| a system where citizens of the stae govern the state, usually through elected officials |
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| a state of mind that results from holding two conflicting ideas at once |
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| where one or a few individuals hold all the power in a state, and they are usually not elected |
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| A six nation IGO that predated the Eu |
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| branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge |
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| A treaty signed by the United States, France, England, Germany, Japan, ect renouncing war as a national policy and allowing it only as self defense |
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| an opposite of realism, claims that states can work together for the global good. A proponent of globalization |
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| states are self reliant, but they still are still responsible to each other |
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