Peace of westphalia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What must a state have? - ANSWER-Territory, People ,In and External Sovereignty What is identified as the beginning of the modern state system? - ANSWER-The legal basis for modern statehood was established by the Peace Treaties of Westphalia and Osnabruck (1648). The states agreed to recognize each other's right to rule their own territories What are the characteristics of the modern state system? - ANSWER-• mutual recognition • non-intervention • diplomacy • consensual interna...

What is Western legal tradition based on? - correct answer Roman Law, as developed over centuries from the Justinian compilation. Directum - correct answer "the straight or right way" Word for law that replaced ius Creates droit, derecho, direito, diritto, Recht, right ius - correct answer "pureness" Original word for law based on Roman law ...

Realism - Answer-state seeks material power and economic power Neorealism - Answer--States are rational unitary actors -States seek security not power -Relative Power and zero-sum Liberalism - Answer--Cooperation -Critical theory - realism and liberalism are not logical -absolut gains Neoliberalism - Answer-institutions matter Constructivism - Answer-based on an ideational ontology, rather than a material ontology. Thus constructivism is posed against both realism and liberalism Alexan...

Peace of Westphalia - correct answer ****1648 -decided that people can't keep killing each other over religion and that (no more wars over religion) -A rulers (the sovereign's) religion determined that of his countries [you don't like it go to another country] (states have sovereignty) -created the STATE system as we know it -peace treaty that establishes the fundamental unit of analysis for international relations (THE STATE!) [Established the States as the fundamental power unit] ...

BaroqueThe Baroque Period encompassed a wide range of artistic developments across a broad geographic area of Europe during the _________ century - correct answer 17th Regional variations abound: - correct answer Italian Baroque differs from Dutch Baroque, or French Baroque, for example The word Baroque itself may derive from the Portuguese word for an ________________________, "barroco," and was a term of disparagement - correct answer irregular pearl This harsh judgment of the Baroq...

States - Answer a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. State-centric - Answer current world system wherein states are the principal actors with no overarching authority to make rules, settle disputes and provide protection State-system - Answer A political system in which a number of states or nations unite in recognizing each other's local sovereignty, with the object of preserving an international balance of power. Mixed-actor...

Who are the main subjects and sources of International Public Law? - ANSWER-States What are the 3 main characteristics of International law? - ANSWER-Natural Law (concepts shared by all), consent (to bind to other states), reciprocity Inter. Public Law is different to Inter. Private Law because of? - ANSWER-subjects, sources, resolution of disputes, enforcement Is ICJ optional? - ANSWER-yes What were the first examples of international law? - ANSWER-Ancient Times: the creation of cit...

Mercantilism correct answers Economic doctrine based on belief that military power and economic influence complement each other (applied especially to 16th century colonial empires). Mercantilist policies favored the mother country. Peace of Westphalia correct answers Ended the Thirty Years War in 1648. said to have created the modern state system as it included a general recognition of the principles of sovereignty and nonintervention. Sovereignty correct answers States have political sup...

Global Politics - ANSWER-The politics of world social relations in which the pursuit of power, interests, order, and justice transcends regions and continents International relationships - ANSWER-the study of the interactions of states in the international system. Non-governmental organizations - ANSWER-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. ...

Political Science Mid-Term Albert Kim GOVT 132 GMU 45 Questions with Verified Answers Hobbesian - CORRECT ANSWER States are enemies Realism - CORRECT ANSWER sovereign states are international actors pursuing their individual interests Anarchy (survival and security) - CORRECT ANSWER no hierarchy, there is no appeal to higher authority to address grievances, self help environment Major asset of realism - CORRECT ANSWER power: goal and means to achieve states interests, to protect inte...