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58 Cards in this Set
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Collective Goods Problem
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The problem of providing a benefit to all members of a group, regardless of individual member's contributions.
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Dominance
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An approach to solving the collective goods problem in which involves the creation of a hierarchy in which the top actors control the lower actors.
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Reciprocity
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An approach to solving the collective goods problem in which actions helpful to the group are rewarded and actions detrimental to the group are punished.
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Identity
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An approach to solving the collective goods problem in which an actor decides to sacrifice his wants in order to meet the needs of other actors.
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International Politics
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A field of IR that focuses on the impact of decisions made by foreign actors, especially foreign governments.
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Issue Areas
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Spheres in which IR researchers focus their attention
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International Security
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The study of War and Peace
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Conflict and Cooperation
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The best method to solving interstate conflicts.
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International Political Economy
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An IR sub field which concerns trade and financial dealings between different states or actors.
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State
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In IR the term is means a territory that has a government that reports to no higher authority.
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International System
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A set of relationships among states
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Nation-State
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Groups of people sharing a national identity and culture organized into a state
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Intergovernmental Organizations
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Organization such as the UN, WTO, and OPEC, whose members are nation-states
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Nongovernmental Organizations
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Organizations whose members are individuals. They generally lobby IGOS. Examples include the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, and Amnesty International
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Multinational Corporations
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Companies that operate across borders. Examples include Coca-Cola, Exxon-Mobil, and Wal-Mart
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Global Level of Analysis
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Level of Analysis which seeks to explain international outcomes and forces transcending states. Issues that fall into this level include North-South gap, Global warming and Terrorism
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Interstate Level of Analysis
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This level of analysis focuses on the interactions between states. Examples of activities falling into this level include Wars, Treaties, Diplomacy, and IGOs.
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Domestic level of Analysis
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This level of analysis focuses on interactions inside of states. Things falling into this level of analysis include public opinion, democracy, political parties, and elections
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Individual Level of Analysis
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This level studies individuals and their effect on the global society. Examples of this level include leaders, psychology, and individual decision making.
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North-South Gap
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Gap between the rich countries of the industrialized North and the poorer less developed countries of the South.
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Munich Agreement
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An example of the failure of appeasement. In 1938, Great Britain and France agreed to let Germany have the Sudetenland if it stopped conquering other countries...it didn't.
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Containment
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US policy of not interfering with communism where it was established, but instead preventing communism from spreading any farther.
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Sino-Soviet Split
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This occurred when China ceased to be allies with the USSR following the USSR moves towards a more peaceful relationship with the USA.
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Proxy Wars
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A war between minor countries in which major powers take opposing sides.
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Realism
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A theory of International Relations that explains conflict in terms of power.
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Idealism
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An IR theory that emphasizes law and morality in addition to power.
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Hans Morganthau
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An IR theorist who argued that international politics is governed by objective laws based on national power interests.
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Gross Domestic Product
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Measure of all final goods and services produced in a country
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power of ideas
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The ability to maximize interest psychologically.
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fungibility
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The extent that one element of power can be converted to another.
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anarchy
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lack of a central government to enforce the rules
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Security dilemma
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This occurs when states are forced to take actions to protect their national security that may threaten other states.
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Neorealism
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An IR theory that explains power in terms of a system structure
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Multipolar System
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Five or Six major powers not grouped into alliances
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Power Transition Theory
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Largest wars result from challenges to changes in top power in a hegemony
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Hegemony
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One state holding a lion's share of power in the international system
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Hegemonic Stability Theory
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A hegemony provides stability in a similar fashion to a central government
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Alliance Cohesion
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The ease at which members of an alliance hold together.
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US-Japanese Security Treaty
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The United States 2nd most important treaty,it allows for the US to mantain troops in Japan
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Statecraft
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The art of managing state and international affairs.
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Deterrence
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Using a threat to force an actor to comply to the will of the one using deterrence
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Compellence
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The use of force to make another actor comply
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Game Theory
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Branch of mathematics that predicts bargaining outcomes
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Liberal Theorist
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Liberal Theorists see the laws of IR as evolving slowly over time and becoming more peaceful
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Immanuel Kant
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1. States could develop rules and form intergovernmental organizations
2. Peace depends on the inner characteristics of governments. 3. Trade increases well being |
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Neoliberalist
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Agree that states act in self interest but do not agree with the pessimistic conclusions of realists.
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International Regime
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A set of expectations for states follow regarding a certain issue area.
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Collective Security
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Joining together to prevent aggression by any one actor or state.
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Democratic Peace
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The idea that democracies don't fight each other
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Military-Industrial Complex
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A large group of government and non-government groups working together to support the military.
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Information Screens
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Filters in which people subconsciously screen information
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Prospect Theory
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IR is accomplished in two phases: the editing and evaluating phases
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Groupthink
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When a group reaches decision without considering all of the possible ramifications because everyone goes along with one person thinks
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Constructivism
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A theory which examines how norms and actor identities shape Ir and the world
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Post-Modernism
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The idea that there is not one true reality
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Difference Feminism
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The strand of feminism which values women for their unique accomplishments.
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Liberal Feminism
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Rejects standard gender divisions
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Postmodern feminism
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Feminists who think distinctions between genders are important but arbitrary
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