Midterm vocabulary

Question 1

What is Global Civil Society?

Answer 1

• Different Non-state Actors and their agenda/interest
  -Heavy discussions about ethics
  -Opinion base
  -Non-state actors
  -Advocacy or activism
  -Trying to get some goal
  -Transnational
  -Accountability
  -Emphasis on Democracy
  –Emphasis on transparency
  -Usually for actors trying to provide some type of public service

Question 2

Who are non-state actors?

Answer 2

Any group that is not and not associated with the state
(Any group that is not apart of government)

-Multinational corporations
-Terrorist groups
-NGOs
-International institutions

• Examples: SpaceX (a multination corporation that makes space rockets)
  International Organizations
  Terrorist Organizations

Question 3

State:

Answer 3

• a government of a country
  -The government as the entity that protects and provides for the population

Question 4

What is a Nations-state?

Answer 4

-Defined territory
-Government
-Population
-Sovereignty

Question 5

Sovereignty

Answer 5

Recognized right to rule

-Super important because we are looking at non-state actors
-The state has sovereignty - population recognizes that the government is in charge

Question 6

Internal sovereignty

Answer 6

population recognizes the right to rule

Question 7

External sovereignty

Answer 7

other countries/actors recognize a government’s right to rule

• government’s right to rule by external actors (non-state and other countries)

Question 8

Governments:

Answer 8

protect and provide public services for their populations

-goal to protect and provide for the population

Question 9

Armed Actors

Answer 9

challenging government’s ability to protect and provide for their population

Question 10

Public service providers

Answer 10

assisting the government in protecting and providing for their population (with or without their cooperation)

Question 11

Autocracy

Answer 11

any government that cannot effectively be held accountable by their population (non-democracies)

Question 12

State capacity

Answer 12

ability of the government to protect and provide for their population

Question 13

Terrorism Class Definition

Answer 13

A group pushing their ideological and political motives using tactics that instill fear to compromise internal sovereignty.

Question 14

Corruption

Answer 14

the abuse of power for private gain

Question 15

Public Service Providers

Answer 15

Assisting the government in protecting and providing for their population (with it without their cooperation)

-NGOs
-UN
-International Institutions
-MNCs

Question 16

Rebel Groups

Answer 16

General group goal: challenge the government’s sovereignty, often to also replace the government

Question 17

Secessionists

Answer 17

General group goal: separate from the state to create a new nation-state

Example: MNLA
- Represent the Tuareg
- Want to become their own country

Question 18

Terrorist organizations

Answer 18

General group goal: challenge the government’s sovereignty by compromising government’s ability to protect and provide for the population

Question 19

Foreign military

Answer 19

General group goal: to protectection/promotion of their own national interest

Question 20

Mercenaries

Answer 20

General group goal: according to the agendas of their patrons

Question 21

Militias

Answer 21

General group goal” to protect their own property/populations at the local level or to take advantage of conflict and loot

Question 22

Protect the people

Answer 22

• From other powers: prevent invasion, respond to threats, etc.

-From each other: establish formal institutions (laws) to ensure order
Institutions: rules that guide behavior

Question 23

Provide for the people

Answer 23

Public services: collective action as driving demands from government

-Collective action: we all have collective interests, it is easier for someone to represent these interests rather than each of us have to coordinate them

-Ex: public education, roads, infrastructure, etc.

Question 24

Power In corrupt autocracies:

Answer 24

governments only protect and provide to the extent that it ensures they are able to stay in power

Question 25

State Capacity: Public Service Provision

Answer 25

- Infrastructure Requires planning & maintenance Stand of living: electricity, WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) Connectivity: roads, internet, airports, etc. - Public services Education; requires organization, implementation, income, and cultural capacity Health care: requires human capital, infrastructure, etc. Other services: documentation! Welfare, crisis response, etc.

Question 26

Non-state actors in armed conflicts

Answer 26

Armed actors: challenging government’s ability to protect & provide for their population By becoming Public service providers: assisting the government in protecting and providing for their population (with or without population

Question 27

Secessionism & Sovereignty

Answer 27

If the goal is to govern, then they have to have the state capacity to do so - Gaining internal sovereignty by providing public services - Gaining external sovereignty by showing their state capacity

Question 28

Piracy (non-state actor)

Answer 28

Objective: profit Methods: ransom Intersection between security & economy

Question 29

What happens when the goal of a non-state actor isn’t governance but instead is power or profit?

Answer 29

Piracy