Final Exam (Machida) Flashcards
(12 cards)
Global Citizenship Anyone? Cosmopolitanism, Privilege and Public Opinon
Peter Furia
H: Cosmopolitianism only appeals to few people (rationalist philosopher and privleged individuals and societies)
-Cosmopolitanism is elitest
Findings:
-Wide support for cosmopolitanism -Less appeal to the wealthy and caucasions
-More appealing to poor and ethnic minorities
-Education—> not significant
Cosmopolitan politicization? Relating public perceptions of interdependence and expectations in internationalized governance
Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt
-Is empowering international institutions desirable?
-The “interdependence model” of cosmopolitan politicization
(a) Functional interdependence (ecological, economic, and social systems as transnational)
(b) Normative interdependence (universalism, transnational responsibilities)
-These relationships are especially strong for those who feel their national governments are incapable (moderating factor)
Global Governance and the Democratic Deficit: stifling the voice of the South
John Glenn
-“Democratic deficit” in international organizations
-“Input legitimacy” (by the people—reflect the will of the people)
-“Output legitimacy” (for the people—promote welfare of the people)
-Procedural fairness
-The IMF, World Bank, and the WTO suffer from a democratic deficit
Is War Declining–and why?
Azar Gat
-A sharp decrease in fighting and violent mortality rate?
(1) State-Leviation (Thomas Hobbes)
-A larger state…
-Reduced in-group violent mortality (relative)
-Reduced exposure of the civilians to war (relative)
(2) “It is peace that has become more profitable”
-Economic growth
-Commercial interdependence
-Liberal democratic peace
Stigmatizing the Bomb: Origins of the Nuclear Taboo
Nina Tannenwald
DV: Nuclear taboo
IV: Grassroot global anti-nucear movement
-Norm contsruction
-Inter-subjective meaning (Constructivism)
Soldiers Dilemma: Foreign Military Training and Liberal Norm Conflict
Renanah Joyce
DV: Soldiers’ behavior to shoot citizens (Liberia)
IV: Norm conflict
-Human rights and civilian control (Liberal Norms)
Norm conflict–> soldiers who choose organizationa cohesion (self-interest)
The Twisted Road to Genocide: On the Psychological Development of Evil during the Holocaust
Henri Zukier
-The Nazi Holocaust, 6 million Jews were killed, I hate Kanye West
-How could they commit the Holocaust?
-“the gradual preparation of the German people’s psychological unpreparedness” “moral conflict”
-Mass support (coercion), ignorance, propaganda, economic hardships…
Prejudice, Crisis, and Genocide in Rwanda
Peter Uvin
-“Culture of racist prejudice?”
-Process of mass killing
(a) Authorization–no individual responsibility
(b) Routinization–no opportunity for raising moral questions
(c) Dehumanization–the organized structure of mass killing–no need to view the killing as a moral question
Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation: Judging the Fairness of Amnesty in South Africa
James Gibson
DV: Fairness Judgement
-Procedural justice–an opportunity to tell their story
-Restorative justice–an apology
-Retributive justice–perpetrator, shame, and punishment
-Distributice justice–compensation
Finding: Justice considerations influence fairness assessment
Reconciliation through Sports? The Case of South Africa
Kristine Hoglund
Reconciliation through-
1. Symbols
2. Sport Policies
3. Communal Initiatives
4. Individual Development
Race, Class, and Hurricane Katrina: Social Differences in Human Responses to Disaster
James Elliott and Jeremy Pais
Race or class? Which is more important? (Environmental justice/environmental racism)
-Blacks were less likely to evacuate than whites
-Whites were more likely to turn to family and friends for emotional support, blacks were more likely to report “leaning on the lord”
-Blacks much more likely to have lost their jobs
Home ownership matters in returning to New Orleans
-Poor inner city residents are less likely to heed formal evacuation warning
-The use of religious organizations can be useful
Gender and Genocide in Rwanda
Adam Jones
-Young males’ aspirations in Rwanda?
-Men as main targets of genocide
Gradual shift to women and children as targets of genocide
-Women as “active agent of genocide”
