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*The most important actor in IR
*The defnining unit of analysis |
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| A group of people who share a number of common characteristics that bind them together as a community (religion, culture, history, currency) |
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| State (5 Characteristics) |
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1. Territory (piece of land)
2. Population
3. Internal Organization (government) which provides order
4. Diplomatic Recognition (membership in international organizations, acknowledged by other states as having juridical statehood)
5. Sovereignty |
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"Jur" = law (the state recognized as a legal entity)
3 Properties:
1. Membership in International Organizations
2. Diplomatic Recognition
3. Soveriegnty |
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| The most important characteristic of a nation-state, 2 types (internal and external) |
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| Within a state, only the state itself has the legitimate right to use force against its citizens (allows states to create law and order within its borders) |
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| Suggests that no state can legally intervene in the internal affairs of another state |
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Asks, "how is the state doing?"
Based on observation and experience |
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Government has collapsed.
Examples: North Korea, Myanmar, Congo, Sudan |
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| A state that is satisfied with its current position |
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States that are highly dissatisfied with the current position and will use violence to change that position
(example: Iraq under Suddam Hussain) |
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| How do states build nationalism (a source of power)? |
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1. Promoting history and education
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Official language and currency
4. Propaganda (pledges, anthems, flags)
5. Symbols (national monuments, national holidays) |
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| A juridical state that is not doing well empirically (a failed or failing state) |
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*Members come from more than one nation state
*Three types: IGO, NGO, MNC |
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| Interstate Governmental Organization (IGO) |
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Members come from more than one nation state and are official representatives of each nation state
United Nations, World Bank, WTO
Regional: OAS, EU, OPEC
Military: NATO |
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| Interstate Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
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Members come from more than one nation state but are not official representatives
1. Religion: Catholic Church
2. Environmental: WWF, Green Peace, Sierra Club, NROC
3. Health: Doctors without Borders, International Red Cross
4. Human Rights: Invisible Children, Amnesty Internation, Human Rights Watch |
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| Multi-National Corporation (MNC) |
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Operates in more than one nation state
Haliburton, Exxon Mobile, Shell Oil, GM, Ford, Coca-Cola, Disney, Microsoft, Research in Motion |
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Members come from only one nation state
1. Government non-central actor
2. Intrastate non-government actor
3. Individuals |
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| Government Non-Central Actor |
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| Intrastate actor, state governments, city governments (ex: Tennessee state government, city of Memphis government, Shelby County government) |
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| Intrastate non-governmental actor |
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| Intrastate actor, political parties, interest groups, local civic organizations, lobby groups |
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| Looking at International relations from the perspective of different levels |
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