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Details Title: Intro to Internat'l Relations Description: Exam I Total Flash Cards: 21 Created: 09/25/2007 12:25:12	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Nation State Definition *The most important actor in IR *The defnining unit of analysis Term Nation Definition A group of people who share a number of common characteristics that bind them together as a community (religion, culture, history, currency) Term State (5 Characteristics) Definition 1. Territory (piece of land) 2. Population 3. Internal Organization (government) which provides order 4. Diplomatic Recognition (membership in international organizations, acknowledged by other states as having juridical statehood) 5. Sovereignty Term Juridical Statehood Definition "Jur" = law (the state recognized as a legal entity) 3 Properties: 1. Membership in International Organizations 2. Diplomatic Recognition 3. Soveriegnty Term Sovereignty Definition The most important characteristic of a nation-state, 2 types (internal and external) Term Internal Sovereignty Definition Within a state, only the state itself has the legitimate right to use force against its citizens (allows states to create law and order within its borders) Term External Sovereignty Definition Suggests that no state can legally intervene in the internal affairs of another state Term Empirical Statehood Definition Asks, "how is the state doing?" Based on observation and experience Term Failed States Definition Government has collapsed. Examples: North Korea, Myanmar, Congo, Sudan Term Status-quo state Definition A state that is satisfied with its current position Term Revisionist State Definition States that are highly dissatisfied with the current position and will use violence to change that position (example: Iraq under Suddam Hussain) Term How do states build nationalism (a source of power)? Definition 1. Promoting history and education 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Official language and currency 4. Propaganda (pledges, anthems, flags) 5. Symbols (national monuments, national holidays) Term Quasi-state Definition A juridical state that is not doing well empirically (a failed or failing state) Term Interstate Actors Definition *Members come from more than one nation state *Three types: IGO, NGO, MNC Term Interstate Governmental Organization (IGO) Definition Members come from more than one nation state and are official representatives of each nation state United Nations, World Bank, WTO Regional: OAS, EU, OPEC Military: NATO Term Interstate Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Definition Members come from more than one nation state but are not official representatives 1. Religion: Catholic Church 2. Environmental: WWF, Green Peace, Sierra Club, NROC 3. Health: Doctors without Borders, International Red Cross 4. Human Rights: Invisible Children, Amnesty Internation, Human Rights Watch Term Multi-National Corporation (MNC) Definition Operates in more than one nation state Haliburton, Exxon Mobile, Shell Oil, GM, Ford, Coca-Cola, Disney, Microsoft, Research in Motion Term Intrastate Actors Definition Members come from only one nation state 1. Government non-central actor 2. Intrastate non-government actor 3. Individuals Term Government Non-Central Actor Definition Intrastate actor, state governments, city governments (ex: Tennessee state government, city of Memphis government, Shelby County government) Term Intrastate non-governmental actor Definition Intrastate actor, political parties, interest groups, local civic organizations, lobby groups Term Levels of Analysis Definition Looking at International relations from the perspective of different levels