the state and the international system

Question 1

system definition

Answer 1

interactions by various political entities but mostly states. Nowadays, the system is global.

Question 2

Other International actors

Answer 2

MNC : multinational corporations
IGO: intergovernementak organizations
INGO: International nongovernmental organizations
Other indiviuduals or groups that are politically active but not necessarily recognized officially.

Question 3

The state in international law

Answer 3

=> primary actor we study in international relations are states
=> countries, nation-state

Question 4

elements of a state

Answer 4

territorial unit,
control over military for defense,
economic control such as power to print money, trade restrictions, power to tax, administered by a governmental bureaucracy.
+ require legitimacy with their people
states generally have monopoly to use force in legitimate sociaties+ have monopoly to use force in legitimate society

Question 5

what are the key elements of the sovereignty

Answer 5

1. state recognized each others in the international system
2. all state are legally equal
3. recognition by ohter states that a staet may manage its internal affairs how it pleases

Question 6

probelms of sovereignty

Answer 6

its a legal definition that is not always really realistic + does not mean that states can prevent alll crime, injustcie + inequality between state

Question 7

Difference btwn nation and state

Answer 7

nation = group of people who feel they have something in common + share single perception of history, religion, traditions, symbols and myths
State= can have more than one nation like Iraq+ some nations have no state (palestinians)