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- 1International RelationsStudy of how things get done at an international level/explanation of why things happen
- 2Main Actors in World PoliticsStates. Not countries.
- 3Start of the Sovereign state system1648 Peace of Westphalia
- 4AnarchyAbsence of known authority over the sovereign state.
- 5What makes a Nation Stateterritory land
specific type of a government
those 2 being recognized by other states - 6Amount of sovereign actors196
- 7TheoriesGeneral explanations of phenomena of world politics
- 8What do theories need to be considered theories/good theoriesSuper ultra logic
Evidence - 9X variableIndependent
Causal - 10Y variableDependent
Outcome - 11What classical realists use to measure powermaterial
military and economic size - 12realist assumptionsstates are rational actors
always seek more power
balance of power is key - 13Realists biggest problemuncertainty
- 14neo-realism assumptionsstates are rational unitary actors
always seek security
system ordered by distr. of capabilities - 15Problems with realismsnapshots/static theory
long term not considered
explains conflict not cooperation - 16valuesmoral conviction
- 17normshow states interact
- 18beliefsviews on how the world works
- 193 levels of causeindividual
state
system - 20What gives leaders powerthe state/system
- 21NGO'sNon governmental Organizations
- 22IGO'sIntergovernmental organizations
- 23Joseph Lepgold Article"Problem of policy relevance"
- 24What Problem of Policy Relevance is aboutpeople who make theory vs policy
often they are the same people
not actually separate - 25Realism theory says?Power matters more than anything else
- 26What was realism a response to?Idealism's failure
- 27what did Machiavelli believeends justify means
friends close enemies closer - 28What did Hobbes sayall against all
life is conflict - 29What is RealismThe sometimes unpleasant reality.
Scientific theory looking at history seeing how x causes y - 30Who first labeled realismE.H. Carr
- 31MorgenthauExpatriot
german political scientist
Founding father of classic realism - 32What variable does realism use to explain things"relative power"
- 33Classical Realism Beliefs1. states are rational actors. primary but not sole actors
2. states seek to have more power
3. balance of power is key determinant of international politics - 34Multipolarmultiple states with power
- 35bipolaronly 2 dominant states with power
- 36Zero Sumgain of one is a loss of another
there is always 100% - 37What creates fear in realism in regards to statesincrease in power of one state creates fear in another
- 38What main article did E.H. Carr write"The realist Critique"
- 39What is the realist critique aboutHe attacks the idealist view of world affairs.
And that all theory, thought and ideas are a product of material circumstances - 40Who creates theories of social moralityThey are always the product of a dominant group or state
- 41"International Order"Said by those who feel strong enough to impose on others
- 42Article by Paul Schroeder"Historical Reality vs. Neo Realist theory"
- 43What is Schroeder's article about?Skepticism of general IR theories
attacks 2 arguments of realism
1. that states resort to selfhelp to balance
2. states don't play other roles in the system than ones determined by their relative power
He critiques theory while using it - 44Big factor in world powermaterial power
- 45When did realism "pop out"the 40's
- 46why did 70's realism endweaknessess
no daily explanation - 47Ken Waltzrevolutionized the theory of realism
introduced neo realism
says we live in a power system - 48Neo RealismIndividual states don't matter unless they're being used
less poles = more stability
states seek security not power
states are unitary rational actors - 49Difference in neo realism vs realismstates seek security not power
power is not a means to an end - 50what orders neo realist's systemdistribution of material capabilities
- 51What do neo realist's think cause thingspower shifts cause things to happen
- 52Steven Walt Article"Alliances: Balancing and Bandwagoning"
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