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Anarchy correct answers Anti-authoritarian political philosophy that reject hierarchies deemed unjust and advocates their replacement with self-managed, self-governed societies based on voluntary, cooperative institutions. Security Dilemma correct answers A situation in which actions taken by a state to increase its own security cause reactions from other states. Collective Action Problem correct answers A situation in which the members of a group would benefit by working together to produce some outcome, but each individual is better off refusing to cooperate and reaping benefits from those who do the work. Failure to solve the access to justice problem. Sovereignty correct answers Supreme power or authority. Levels of Analysis correct answers The unit (individual, state, or systemic) that a theory focuses on in its general explanation. Individual correct answers Locates the cause of events in individual leaders or the immediate circle of decision makers within a particular country. Domestic correct answers Locates cause in the character of the domestic system of specific states. Systemic correct answers Explains outcomes from a system wide level that includes all states. Rational Choice Theory correct answers Theory that bases explanations of decisions on the assumption that decision makers have clear goals, calculate the costs of various course of action, and pick the policy that will best serve their goals. State correct answers An entity defined by a specific territory within which a single government has authority; or the government and political system of a country. "Realist" Theory correct answers "Survival of the fittest" or conflict over cooperation. States are seen as unitary rational actors (use of military acceptable). Nation correct answers A politically organized body of people under a single government "Liberalist" Theory correct answers Cooperation between nations and not conflict. (Must be accomplished by creating international institutions). Nation-State correct answers An ethnic group usually with a shared language, history, and homeland (a geographical region which they claim exclusive rights to) (Germany, Japan, France, Poland)