polisci concepts

Question 1

Sovereignty

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The expectation that states have ultimately authority within their territorial boundaries

Question 2

Nation

Answer 2

groups defined by common origin, ethnicity, language, or cultural ties

Question 3

State

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A political division of a body that occupies a territory defined by fronteirs

Question 4

Security Delimma

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actions to ensure one’s own security are perceived as threats to the security of other states

Question 5

Military-industrial complex

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An alliance between military leaders and the industries that benefit from international conflict, such as arm manufacturers

Question 6

Absolute Power

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what we have regardless of what other people have

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Relative power

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take into account of what other people have, basically comparing what you have to others

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soft power

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Persuade other actors to do or not to take certain actions (persuasion)

Question 9

Hard Power

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tangible and material factors (military, economic)

Question 10

Anarchy

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Absence of a central authority in the global system

Question 11

Bargaining

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In many cases, states assume all or nothing

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Crisis Bargaining

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At least one actor threatens to use force in the event that its demands are not met

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Incomplete information

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States nearly always make decisions under the condition of incomplete information about others true power/resolve

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Credibility

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Believeability

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Brinkmanship

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Approach the brink of war through provocative action

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Tying Hands

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Raising the audience cost of backing down

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Paying for power

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Taking costly steps to increase capabilities

Question 18

Bargaining over the future

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bargaining now for goods that are a source of future bargaining problems

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Preventive war

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It is better to fight in a war today in order to stop or slow the adversary from becoming stronger in the future

Question 20

Preemptive war

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First-strike advantage: A significant advantage to whichever state attacks first in a war

Question 21

Indivisible goods

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Both the government and the rebel groups want a particular piece of territory

Question 22

International organizations

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Established by states, example UN

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Non Government Organizations (NGO’s)

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Members are primarily composed of individuals, Promote particular causes

Question 24

MultiNational Organizations MNC’s:

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Private for-profit organizations operating in more than one country

Question 25

Example of multinational organization

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NIKE

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Alliance

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Institutions that help their members cooperate military in the event of a war

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Interests

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The goals that actors have, the outcomes that hope to obtain through political action

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Interactions

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the ways in which two or more actor’s choices combine to produce political outcomes

Question 29

Institutions

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Defines the "rules of the game" some more powerful than others

Question 30

cooperation

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Make at least one actor better off relative to the status quo without making others worse off.

Question 31

Separatist

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seeks to create an independent state on territory caved from an existing state

Question 32

Irredentist

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seeks to detach a region from one country and attach it to another country

Question 33

Country-level factor

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Political factors that cause exclusion

Question 34

International factors

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Foreign states may be arming/aiding rebels whom they support

Question 35

WHich describes situations in which two or more actors try to divide something they both want

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Bargaining

Question 36

what occurs when actors have common interests and need to act in a way to acheive those interests

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Cooperation

Question 37

How to demonstrate resolve

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Brinkmanship, Tying hands, Paying for power