Term
|
Definition
| a scientifically acceptable general principle offered to rationally and clearly explain phenomena |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
patterns used to interpret a particular subject.
assumptions we make about the world we are studying. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the most important actor, the highes authority |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| characterizes the international system. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| states should be prepared for war in order to preserve peace |
|
|
Term
| theory and world politics |
|
Definition
| help explain causes, effects, and recommendations. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| powerful theories influence the thinking of the majority for a long time before it is replaced by new theories |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an independent legal entity with a government exercising exclusive control over the territory and population it governs. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a collectivity whose people see themselves as members of the same group because they share the same ethnicity, culture, or language. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the different aspects of and agents in international affairs that may be stressed in interpreting and explaining global phenomena |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a condition in which the units in the global system are subjected to few if any overarching institutions to regulate their conduct |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a paradigm based on the premise that world politics is essentially and unchangeably a strugglw amound self interested states for power and position under anarchy |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the factors that enable one actor to manipulate another actor;s behavior against its preferences |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| conditions in which some participants in cooperative interactions benefit more than others |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the theory that peace and stability are most likely to be maintained when military power is distributed to prevent a single superpower hegemon or bloc from controlling the world. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a theoretical account of states' behavior that explains it as derermined by differences in their relative power within the global hierarchy, defined primarily by the distribution of military power |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a paradigm predicated on the hope that the application of reason and universal ethics to international relations can lead to a more orderly and cooperated world. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an exchange in a purely conflictual relationship in which what is gained by on competitor is lost by the other |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the "new" liberal theoretical perspective that accounts for the way international institutions promote global change, cooperation, peace, and prosperity through collective programs for reforms |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| emphasizes how the world revolves around social ideas and shared understandings whose impact on world politics is huge |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a theory hypothesizing that less developed countries are exploited because global capitalism makes them dependent on the rich countries that create exploitative rules for trade and production |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a body of theory that treats the capitalistic world economy originating in the sixteenth century as an interconnected unit of analysis |
|
|
