Global Politics Exam 1
Global Politics - ANS-The politics of world social relations in which the pursuit of power,
interests, order, and justice transcends regions and continents
International relationships - ANS-the study of the interactions of states in the
international system.
Non-governmental organizations - ANS-an organization with policy goals but not
governmental makeup. Engages in collective action, provided the activities are
noncommercial and nonviolent and are not on behalf of a government.
governments - ANS-the people and agencies that have the power and legitimate
authority to determine who gets what, when, where, and how within a given territory
sovereignty - ANS-the condition of a state having control and authority over its own
territory and being free from any higher legal authority
non state actors - ANS-any participant in global politics that is neither acting in the name
of government nor created and served by government
Multinational corporations - ANS-a business or firm with administration, production,
distribution, and marketing located in countries around the world. Such a business
moves money, goods, services, and technology around the world depending on where
the firm can make the most profit
globalization - ANS-a historical process involving a fundamental shift or transformation
in the spatial scale of human social organization that links distant communities and
expands the reach of power relations across regions and continents
Peace Treaty of Westphalia - ANS-ended the Thirty Years War, crucial in delimiting the
political rights and authority of European monarchs
Sovereign Equality - ANS-all countries have the same rights
society of states - ANS-an association of sovereign states based on their common
interests, values, and norms
, anarchy - ANS-system operating in the absence of any central government. The
absence of political authority
capitalism - ANS-a system of production in which human labor and its products are
commodities that are bought and sold in the marketplace
Protestant Reformation - ANS-a social movement in reaction the widespread perception
that the Catholic church had become corrupt and had lost its moral compass
theocracy - ANS-a state based on religion
jihad - ANS-an internal struggle to be a better Muslim or a struggle to make society
more closely align with the teachings of the Koran
Social Approach - ANS-people with a diffuse sense of collective identity, solidarity, and
common purpose that usually leads to collective political purpose
Scientific Approach - ANS-bringing the precision and certainty of the natural sciences to
the social world
Individual/ human analysis - ANS-bounded rationality, biological explanations,
motivation/personality, perception/images, belief systems
Domestic analysis - ANS-or national, power capabilities, geographic factors, political
structure, economic system, political culture
Systemic analysis - ANS-level of anarchy or order, distribution of power, obligations,
treaties, alliances, regimes or governing arrangements
Global analysis - ANS-global level variables challenge nations of boundaries and
sovereignty
liberalism - ANS-all citizens are juridically equal and have equal rights to education,
access to a free press, and religious toleration. The legislative assembly of the states
possesses only the authority invested in it by the people. The right to own property.
International cooperation/ economic exchange
marxism - ANS-a theory critical of the status quo or dominant paradigm. Critiques
capitalist political economy. A stateless and classless society.
Global Politics - ANS-The politics of world social relations in which the pursuit of power,
interests, order, and justice transcends regions and continents
International relationships - ANS-the study of the interactions of states in the
international system.
Non-governmental organizations - ANS-an organization with policy goals but not
governmental makeup. Engages in collective action, provided the activities are
noncommercial and nonviolent and are not on behalf of a government.
governments - ANS-the people and agencies that have the power and legitimate
authority to determine who gets what, when, where, and how within a given territory
sovereignty - ANS-the condition of a state having control and authority over its own
territory and being free from any higher legal authority
non state actors - ANS-any participant in global politics that is neither acting in the name
of government nor created and served by government
Multinational corporations - ANS-a business or firm with administration, production,
distribution, and marketing located in countries around the world. Such a business
moves money, goods, services, and technology around the world depending on where
the firm can make the most profit
globalization - ANS-a historical process involving a fundamental shift or transformation
in the spatial scale of human social organization that links distant communities and
expands the reach of power relations across regions and continents
Peace Treaty of Westphalia - ANS-ended the Thirty Years War, crucial in delimiting the
political rights and authority of European monarchs
Sovereign Equality - ANS-all countries have the same rights
society of states - ANS-an association of sovereign states based on their common
interests, values, and norms
, anarchy - ANS-system operating in the absence of any central government. The
absence of political authority
capitalism - ANS-a system of production in which human labor and its products are
commodities that are bought and sold in the marketplace
Protestant Reformation - ANS-a social movement in reaction the widespread perception
that the Catholic church had become corrupt and had lost its moral compass
theocracy - ANS-a state based on religion
jihad - ANS-an internal struggle to be a better Muslim or a struggle to make society
more closely align with the teachings of the Koran
Social Approach - ANS-people with a diffuse sense of collective identity, solidarity, and
common purpose that usually leads to collective political purpose
Scientific Approach - ANS-bringing the precision and certainty of the natural sciences to
the social world
Individual/ human analysis - ANS-bounded rationality, biological explanations,
motivation/personality, perception/images, belief systems
Domestic analysis - ANS-or national, power capabilities, geographic factors, political
structure, economic system, political culture
Systemic analysis - ANS-level of anarchy or order, distribution of power, obligations,
treaties, alliances, regimes or governing arrangements
Global analysis - ANS-global level variables challenge nations of boundaries and
sovereignty
liberalism - ANS-all citizens are juridically equal and have equal rights to education,
access to a free press, and religious toleration. The legislative assembly of the states
possesses only the authority invested in it by the people. The right to own property.
International cooperation/ economic exchange
marxism - ANS-a theory critical of the status quo or dominant paradigm. Critiques
capitalist political economy. A stateless and classless society.
