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International Relations Set 1
International Relations definitions set 1
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International Studies
Undergraduate 3
10/02/2010

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Term
What is power
Definition
The ability of one country to get another to do something.
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International relations
Definition
Interactions among countries.
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domestic politics
Definition
Interactions within countries.
Term
system
Definition
Interaction of many components so that changing one changes the others.
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superpower
Definition
Nation with far more power than others and the ability to wage many kinds of war nearly everywhere
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reification
Definition
Mistaking a theory for reality
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Force
Definition
Application of military power
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Balance of power
Definition
Theory that states form alliances to offset threatening states.
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Westphalian
Definition
System set up by 1648 Peace of Westphalia that made sovereignty the norm.
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Sovereignty
Definition
Concept that each state rules its territory.
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Metternichian
Definition
Conservative restoration of balance of power after Napoleon.
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Hieriarchy of power
Definition
Theory that peace is preserved when states know where they stand on a ladder of relative power.
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Bismarckian
Definition
Contrived, unstable balance of power from 1870 to 1914.
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Interwar
Definition
Between World Wars I and II. 1919-1939
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bipolar
Definition
The world divided into two power centers, as in the Cold War.
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multipolar
Definition
The world divided into many power centers.
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unipolar
Definition
One power center.
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stratified
Definition
Power distributed in layers.
Term
globalization
Definition
The word turning into one big capitalist market.
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State
Definition
Country or nation, has sovereignty.
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absolutism
Definition
Renaissance pattern of kings concentrating power in themselves.
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Strong State
Definition
Modern nation state able to enforce sovereignty
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Supranational
Definition
Power above the national level, as in the UN
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