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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
02/23/2011

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x=ideas
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Constructivism
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created by wendt
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Constructivism
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"Anarchy is what states make of it"
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Wendt
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Identity and intrest shape every state
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Constructivism
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the core of this is that the idea of a threat is all that matters
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Constructivism
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cons: Ideas all the way down
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Constructivism
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x=institutions
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NeoLiberalism
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created by keohene
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NeoLiberalism
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"after Hegemony"
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Keohene
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core idea is that institutions are all that matter
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NeoLiberalism
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x=cooperation
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Liberalism
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Kent, Smith, Woodrow Wilson, G.S. Mill belong to which theory?
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Liberalism
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5 principles of Liberalism
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1) Law
2) morality
3) collective Security
4) economics
5) institutions
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x=security/DMC
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NeoRealism
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created by Waltz
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NeoRealism
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who founded the three levels of analysis
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Waltz
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wrote "Man, state, War"
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Waltz
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"Theory of International Politics" belongs to which theory?
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NeoRealism
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1) states are rational actors
2) states seek security
3) DMC is key
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NeoRealism
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x=power
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Realism
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Makaveli, Bismark, Carr, Hobbs, Morgen, Thucyclids
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Realism
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"Politics among nations"
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Morgen
first IR text book
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core:
1) states are rational
2) always seeking relative gains
3) Balance of power is key
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Realism
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cons:
1) uncertantity
2) snapshot theory
3) cant explain cooperation
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Realism
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states work together/cooperate to solve a common problem
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Collective Action
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free riding
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when a state says they will participate in Collective Action, and then doesn't actually do the work
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Alliance
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long term relationship between states
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Coalition
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Short cooperation to complete a common goal
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Band Wagoning
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joining the threat/axis in an event
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balancing
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join the allies/ going against the threat
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Ontology
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Difference in World Views
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"On Soviernty"
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written by Crazner
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Security Dilema
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Arms race
ex. Cold war
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George W. Bush was a _____
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faux Realist
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faux Realsim was created by ____
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L & M
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soviernty was created in _____ in _____
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in 1648 in west phalia
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4th level of analysis was created by?
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Goldstien
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Collective Security
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creating a coalition after a major event
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Collective Defence
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creating a coalition before a major event happens
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Theoretical Degeneration
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using more than one X to explain every Y and going against parsimony
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falsifiability
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replace the X in a theory with a better X
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soviernty is established by?
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the U.N.
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theories seek to
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solve and predict
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a theory uses one X, Independent Variable, to solve many Y, Dependent Variables
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X [- -- - - - - -] -> Y
what are these ^^^^
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causal chains
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monadic
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democaracy will never be the aggresor in a war
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dyadic
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no two democracies go to war with each other
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1) Post Modernist
2) feminist
3) Early Constructivist
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Critical Theory
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states that the X in all other theories arent good enough to explain every Y
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Critical Theory
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three levels of analysis
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1) Individual
2) Domestic/state
3) Systematic/group of states
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