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IB Global PoliticsRealism - ANS-is an approach to the study and practice of international politics. It
emphasizes the role of the nation-state and makes a broad assumption that all
nation-states are motivated by national interests, or, at best, national interests disguised
as moral concerns.
Liberalism - ANS-With the proper institutions and diplomacy, ________ believes that
states can work together to maximize prosperity and minimize conflict.
Marxism - ANS-is a political and social theory that argues that social change comes
about through economic class struggle.
Bretton Woods System - ANS-refers to the international monetary arrangement, agreed
upon by the allied nations in 1944 in Bretton Woods, US, that created the IMF and
World Bank and that set up a system of fixed exchange rates with the US dollar as the
international reserve currency.
Feminism - ANS-is a broad term given to works of those scholars who have sought to
bring gender concerns into the academic study of international politics and protestors of
advertisements which use sexualized images of women to market products.
Green Politics - ANS-is a theory in international relations is a sub-field of international
relations theory which concerns international environmental cooperation.
Power - ANS-the means by which a state or other actor wields or can assert actual or
potential influence or coercion relative to other states and non state actors because of
the political, geographic, economic and financial, technological, military, social, cultural,
or other capabilities it possesses
Rome Statute - ANS-is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Sovereignty - ANS-is the full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any
interference from outside sources or bodies.
Legitimacy - ANS-is the right and acceptance of an authority, usually a governing law or
a régime.
Interdependence - ANS-that states and their fortunes are inextricably tied together.
, Trade Unions - ANS-are organizations formed by workers from related fields that work
for the common interest of its members. ... They represent a cluster of workers and
provide a link between the management and workers.
Hard Power - ANS-describes a nation or political body's ability to use economic
incentives or military strength to influence other actors' behaviors.
Soft Power - ANS-is a concept developed by Joseph Nye of Harvard University to
describe the ability to attract and co-opt rather than by coercion, using force or giving
money as a means of persuasion.
Smart Power - ANS-refers to the combination of hard power and soft power strategies.
... Employing only hard power or only soft power in a given situation will usually prove
inadequate.
Treaty - ANS-a binding formal agreement, contract, or other written instrument that
establishes obligations between two or more subjects of international law (primarily
states and international organizations).
Unilateral - ANS-an approach in international relations in which states act without regard
to the interests of other states or without their support.
Multilateral - ANS-an approach in international relations in which states act
cooperatively with other states.
Compellence - ANS-as a direct action that persuades an opponent to give up something
that is desired. (not a POWER)
Collective Security - ANS-is one type of coalition building strategy in which a group of
nations agree not to attack each other and to defend each other against an attack from
one of the others, if such an attack is made.
Deterrence - ANS-is designed to discourage an opponent from action by threatening
punishment. (not a POWER)
Hegemony - ANS-refers to the ability of an actor with overwhelming capability to shape
the international system through both coercive and non-coercive means. Usually this
actor is understood to be a single state, such as Great Britain in the 19th century or the
United States in the 20th and 21st century.
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