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GO131 Final Full
GO131 All Terms Final Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Realism | -Group/state as the unit of analysis. -Statism, self-help, survival -Human nature projected onto the state: Classical realists. -Decentralized international system. -Relative power and distribution of capabilities. |
| Democratic Peace Theory | -Proliferation of democratic countries in the late twentieth century. -Less likely to war with one another. -Mechanisms in place for accountability. -Elections, news media, civil society actors. |
| Dependency Theory | -Core vs. periphery countries. -The world system and economy as the level of analysis. -Stages are not universal. -Colonialism facilitated dependency. -History matters -Market forces lock-in status quo. -Capitalism polarizing, comes from uneven dev. |
| Constructivism | -Social constructions of the world. -A constitutive theory. -A holistic (not reductive theory). -Agent and structure dynamics. |
| The Cold War | -Ideological component-capitalism vs. communism. -Geopolitical interests. -Relative power. -Spheres of interest. |