22 questions
The definition of power is:
The advantage of having both a strong army and a strong economy.
A considerable amount of Sovereignty
The ability to get another actor to do what it would not otherwise have done.
Controlling all the States of the global arena
Sovereignty is defined as:
The ability to get another actor to do what it would not otherwise have done
Controlling all States of the global arena
The ability to have good relations between the government and the population of a State.
A government’s right, in principle, to do whatever they want in its territory
Determine whether the statement is true or false. A good example of a bipolar world is the Cold War which was an ideological battle between two great powers, the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1945 to 1991.
True
False
Anarchy can be seen as
The lack of a central government that can enforce rules
How well States get along with each other.
A government’s right, in principle, to do whatever they want in its territory
a strong and centralized government that rules ALL aspects of its citizen’s life
Determine whether the statement is true or false.
There are mayor differences between the concepts of Country, Nation and State. They are not the same and can’t be used equally.
True
False
Theories of International Relations are used to
Explain the world’s reality and the issues that affect it.
Understand geographical features of a State
Determine the amount of importance of a social group
Explain the universe’s reality and the issues that affect it.
The main actor of the international arena according to Realism is
The Population of State
The State
Corporations
Government
The main actor of the international arena according to Liberalism is
The State
The Nation
The country
The population of the State
There are several theories in International Relations. ¤The two main ones are:
Realism
Idealism
Anarchy
Marxism
Feminism
These are some characteristics of Realism.
State-centric (focused on States)
COOPERATION as the main tool
Power is used to satisfies their own necessities (States only think for themselves)
War and conflict is an active way to act because its acceptable.
States don’t trust international organization.
These are some characteristics of Idealism/Liberalism
COOPERATION as the main tool
Cooperation is used to satisfy the necessities of ALL the States and actors in the International Arena.
War and conflicts being totally avoided.
States are totally trustworthy. Trust.
State-centric (focused on States)
Types of conflicts are:
Ethnocentrism
Territorial
Religious
Nationalism
Governmental, economic, and political
It is a legarl entity that has characteristics such as: permanent population, a well-defined territory and a government capable of exercising sovereignty
National-political unity. It encompasses the elements of a state with a dominant nation. There are few independent states comprising a single nationality.
A group of people who share a common ethnic, linguistic or cultural background and build their reality to see themselves as memebers of a group.
A socially defined category of people who identify with each other based on common ancestral, social, cultural or national experience. (two words)
Judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one´s own culture.
Psychological process whereby opponents view each other as less than human and thus not deserving any moral consideration nor rights.
These are examples of systematic elimination of all or a significant part of a racial, ethnic, religious, cultural or national groups
Conflict Israel-Palestine
Armenina Genocide
A divide Belgium
The Jewish Holocaust
Any individual, group, state, or organiation that plays a mayor role in world politics.
The tendency of states to vie the defensive arming of adversaries as threatening causing them to arm in response so that all states´security decline.
Peace and stability are most likely to be mainted when military power is distributed to preven a single superpower (hegemon) or bloc from controlling the world