Global Politics summary IB
Key terms
● Globalization: is the growing interdependence of countries worldwide
● Liberalism: a political theory that holds that countries are interdependent and
cooperate with each other.
● Realism: A political theory that holds that countries are focused on their own
development and political matters, and do not interfere with the international
community. (the view that countries are states are ‘selfish’)
● Cultural Relativism: the theory that beliefs, customs, and morality exist in
relation to the particular culture from which they originate and are not absolute.
● Marxism: a political and economic theory where a society has no classes. Every
person within the society works for a common good, and class struggle is
theoretically gone (it believes that power relationships between capitalists and
workers were inherently exploitative and would inevitably create class conflict, so
it is better to have no classes at all)
● Capitalism: an economic system in which private actors own and control
property in accord with their interests, and demand and supply freely set prices in
markets in a way that can serve the best interests of society. The essential
feature of capitalism is the motive to make a profit.
● Westernization: a theory that globalization has led to the propagation of Western
culture.
● Universalism: the theory that universal values are more important and can exist
(opposite of cultural relativism)
● Imperialism: is the policy or action by which one country forcefully gains and
keeps control of another country or territory.
● Power: the ability to influence or control the behavior and decisions of people
● Sovereignty: A state with sovereignty has complete control over its own
government and it has external sovereignty when it allows other states control
over what happens within their borders.
● Legitimacy: an actor or an action being commonly considered acceptable by
the population and the international community.
● Human Rights: a set of universal, inalienable, fundamental rights which we are
entitled to as human beings and cannot be taken away from us under any
circumstance.
● Justice: the idea of fairness and individuals getting what they deserve
● Equality: the same or similar economic outcomes for different groups or
individuals. Equity relates to fairness
● Development: ‘Development is a sustained increase of the well-being of a level
of social organization.
,● Sustainability: focuses on meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
● Gini index: is a measure of income distribution across a population. Gini
coefficient is a measure of inequality ( it is expressed by a number 0 = perfect
equality to 1 = perfect inequality )
● GDP: A measure of the monetary value of final goods and services produced in a
country in a given period of time
● HDI: The HDI is a summary measure of human development. It is a summary
composite measure of a country's average achievements in three basic aspects
of human development: health, education and standard of living
, Index
Power, Sovereignty, and International relations
China and myanmar
China’s rise for power
US in Iraq
JCPOA (Iran nuclear deal)
Libya
Hezbollah
China and Africa
Human Rights
Successes
Croatia
St.Vincent and the Grenadines
Mauritania
Suriname
Failures
Afghanistan
Libya
Myanmar
North Korea
Social movements
Black lives matter
#Metoo
Women to Drive
Development
Hong kong
Chile
Saudi arabia
India
Africa (and China)
War and Conflict
Key terms
● Globalization: is the growing interdependence of countries worldwide
● Liberalism: a political theory that holds that countries are interdependent and
cooperate with each other.
● Realism: A political theory that holds that countries are focused on their own
development and political matters, and do not interfere with the international
community. (the view that countries are states are ‘selfish’)
● Cultural Relativism: the theory that beliefs, customs, and morality exist in
relation to the particular culture from which they originate and are not absolute.
● Marxism: a political and economic theory where a society has no classes. Every
person within the society works for a common good, and class struggle is
theoretically gone (it believes that power relationships between capitalists and
workers were inherently exploitative and would inevitably create class conflict, so
it is better to have no classes at all)
● Capitalism: an economic system in which private actors own and control
property in accord with their interests, and demand and supply freely set prices in
markets in a way that can serve the best interests of society. The essential
feature of capitalism is the motive to make a profit.
● Westernization: a theory that globalization has led to the propagation of Western
culture.
● Universalism: the theory that universal values are more important and can exist
(opposite of cultural relativism)
● Imperialism: is the policy or action by which one country forcefully gains and
keeps control of another country or territory.
● Power: the ability to influence or control the behavior and decisions of people
● Sovereignty: A state with sovereignty has complete control over its own
government and it has external sovereignty when it allows other states control
over what happens within their borders.
● Legitimacy: an actor or an action being commonly considered acceptable by
the population and the international community.
● Human Rights: a set of universal, inalienable, fundamental rights which we are
entitled to as human beings and cannot be taken away from us under any
circumstance.
● Justice: the idea of fairness and individuals getting what they deserve
● Equality: the same or similar economic outcomes for different groups or
individuals. Equity relates to fairness
● Development: ‘Development is a sustained increase of the well-being of a level
of social organization.
,● Sustainability: focuses on meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
● Gini index: is a measure of income distribution across a population. Gini
coefficient is a measure of inequality ( it is expressed by a number 0 = perfect
equality to 1 = perfect inequality )
● GDP: A measure of the monetary value of final goods and services produced in a
country in a given period of time
● HDI: The HDI is a summary measure of human development. It is a summary
composite measure of a country's average achievements in three basic aspects
of human development: health, education and standard of living
, Index
Power, Sovereignty, and International relations
China and myanmar
China’s rise for power
US in Iraq
JCPOA (Iran nuclear deal)
Libya
Hezbollah
China and Africa
Human Rights
Successes
Croatia
St.Vincent and the Grenadines
Mauritania
Suriname
Failures
Afghanistan
Libya
Myanmar
North Korea
Social movements
Black lives matter
#Metoo
Women to Drive
Development
Hong kong
Chile
Saudi arabia
India
Africa (and China)
War and Conflict
