CONTEMPORARY WORLD –
MIDTERMS Study Guide.
Nation - answeran imagined community in a sense that it allows one to feel a connection with a
community of people even if he/she will never meet all of them in a lifetime
state - answera political unit that has authority over its own boundaries; the...
Nation - answer✔an imagined community in a sense that it allows one to feel a connection with a
community of people even if he/she will never meet all of them in a lifetime
state - answer✔a political unit that has authority over its own boundaries; the institution that
creates warfare and sets economic policies for a country
people, territory, government, sovereignity - answer✔four attributes of a state
people - answer✔it exercises authority over its citizens
territory - answer✔it governs a specific territory
government - answer✔it has a structure of government that crafts various rules that people
(society) follow
sovereignity - answer✔it has sovereignity over its own territory; here refers to the internal and
external authority
nation-state - answer✔not all state are nations and not all nations are state
nation-state - answer✔in example, the nation of Scotland has its own flag and national culture
but still belongs to a state called the United Kingdom
world economy - answer✔all the economic interactions of all the people on Earth, not just
international trade and investment
modern world-system - answer✔structured politically as an interstate system
interstate system - answer✔a system of competing and allying states
global governance - answer✔a system of political coordination among public authorities (states
and intergovernmental organization), private agents (corporations) and civil societal actors
(NGOs, INGOs), seeking to realize common purposes or resolve shared problems through
making and implementing of transnational norms, rules, programs and policies
global governance - answer✔refers to the governing procedures and standards with political
authority which is aimed at controlling certain institution and organization
global governance - answer✔is not a mechanism of global government controlling different
nations across the world.
government - answer✔a group of people who have the ultimate authority to act on behalf of a
state
traditional challenges - answer✔challenges against the country's/state's autonomy
region - answer✔part of a country
external invention - answer✔interference of foreign country over a region in a country
internal intervention - answer✔interference of one region over its own country
nation - answer✔has cultural identity that people attached to
state - answer✔definite entity due to its specific boundaries
nation - answer✔different people with different identities living different states
Al-Qaeda and ISIS - answer✔global movements that are examples of national or identity
movements
global economy - answer✔demands the state to conform to the rules of free-market capitalism
(neoliberalism) focusing on expanding free trade and market liberation
neoliberal economics - answer✔seen as a threat, in general, because state cannot protect its own
economic interest as a sovereign state
social movements - answer✔movements of people that are spontaneous or that emerge through
enormous grassroots organization
international organizations - answer✔international intergovernmental organizations or groups
that are primarily made up of member-states
United Nations - answer✔an international organisation of countries
Franklin D. Roosevelt - answer✔US president who coined the term "United Nations" in 1942
New York - answer✔UN set up its headquarters; building was finished in 1952
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