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| organizations outside of the state that help people define and advance their own interests |
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| an imperialist system of physically occupying a foreign territory using military force, businesses, or settlers |
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| a single political authority that has under its sovereignty a large number of external regions or territories and different peoples |
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| export oriented industrialization |
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| a mercantilist strategy for economic growth in which a country seeks out technologies and develops industries focused specifically on the export market |
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| a mercantilist strategy for economic growth in which a country restricts imports in order to spur demand for locally produced goods |
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| a segment of the economy that is not regulated or taxed by the state |
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| an indirect form of imperialism in which powerful countries overly influence the economies of less-developed coutries |
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| nongovernmental organizations (NGO's) |
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| a national or international group, independent of any state, that pursues policy objectives and fosters public participation |
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| microcredit (microfinance) |
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| a system in which small loans are channeled to the poor through borrowing groups whose members jointly take responsibility for repayment |
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| structural adjustment programs |
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| a pollicy of economic liberalization adopted in exchange for financial support from liberal international organizations; typically includes privatizing state-run firms, ending subsidies, reducing tariff barriers, shrinking the size of the state, and welcoming foreign investment |
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| a system in which a state extends its power to directly control territory, resources, and people beyond its borders |
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| less developed countries (LDC's) |
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| a country that lacks significant economic development or political institutionalization or both |
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| newly industrializing country (NIC's) |
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| a historically less-developed country that has experienced significant economic growth and democratization |
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| the process of expanding and intensifying linkages between states, societies, and economies |
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| Multinational Corporations (MNCs) |
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| firm that produces, distributes, and markets its goods or services in more than one country |
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| intergovernmental organizations |
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| Group created by states to serve certain policy ends |
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| foreign direct investment |
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| the purchase of assets in a country by a foreign firm |
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| violence outside of state control that is politically motivated |
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| public seizure of the state in order to overturn the existing government and regime |
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| relative deprivation model |
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| model that predicts revolution when public expectations outpace the rate of domestic change |
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| the use of violence by nonstate actors against civilians in order to achieve a political goal |
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| state-sponsored terrorism |
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| terrorism supported directly by a state as an instrument of foreign policy |
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| a conflict whereby nonstate combatants who largely abide by the rules of war target the state |
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| a belief that all institutions and values are essentially meaningless and that the only redeeming value is violence |
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| referring to a view of the world that divides it into stark terms of good and evil |
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