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Chapter 1
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International Studies
Undergraduate 1
03/03/2012

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Collective Goods Problem
Definition
tension between individual and collective interests, cooperation is important but also preservation of self interests and sovereignty
EX: National Defense
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Dominance
Definition
solution to collective goods, countries use power to get others to do what they want, hegemon
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Reciprocity
Definition
rewards and punishments in response to behavior of others, I touch your penis you touch mine
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Identity
Definition
when countries can identify with each other, investment in outcomes for other members in your community
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State
Definition
territorial entity with government and population, sovereignty
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Nation
Definition
group of people with shared sense of identity
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Nation-State
Definition
shared identity coincides with state, nationalism
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GDP
Definition
the total value of goods and services produced within a territory, per capita income
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International Political Economy(IPE)
Definition
International trade, money, business
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International Security
Definition
War and peace, the military, foreign policy, treaties and alliances
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Non-State Actors
Definition
IGO's, NGO's, MNC's
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IGO
Definition
Intergovernmental Organizations such as the UN, OPEC
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NGO
Definition
Non-governmental Organizations such as Green Peace, Amnesty International
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MNC
Definition
MultiNational Corporations such as General Motors or Google
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North-South Gap
Definition
global north is much stronger economically than the global south, Global North has 20% population and 60% of the goods and services
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HDI
Definition
Human Development Index, includes life expectancy, education, literacy, and GDP
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League of Nations
Definition
IGO created by Woodrow Wilson after WWI but failed because the US did not want to join
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Munich Agreement
Definition
agreement permitting Nazi Germany the annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland, failed attempt of appeasement but just emboldened him
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Appeasement
Definition
diplomatic policy to avoid war by making concessions to an aggressor
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Cold War
Definition
USA vs. Russia, capitalist democracy vs. communism, arms race between the two countries which neither country did anything because of MAD(Mutual Assured Destruction)
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Marshall Plan
Definition
American program to aid European rebuilding after WWII in order to stop the spread of Soviet Communism
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Containment
Definition
US policy to prevent spread of Soviet influence,
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Proxy Wars
Definition
Wars in other parts of the world where US-Soviet conflict played out especially in Third World Companies
EX: Korea, Vietnam, Cuba
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