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Nongovernmental Orgs
NGOs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nongovernmental Organizations | Transnational organizations (i.e. members from 2 or more states) of PRIVATE CITIZENS who work together toward common goals |
| Public Interest NGO | Issue advocacy groups that motivated by a desire to advance some common cause |
| Functions of Public Interest NGO | AGENDA SETTING: bring attention to issues. EDUCATION,REPRESENTATION, COALITION BUILDING, assist with implementation |
| Multinational Corporations MNCs | business enterprises headquartered in 1 state that invest and operate extensively in other states |
| Cultural NGOs | RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS: a politically active org. based on strong religious convictions (ex. Catholic Church) |
| Ethnopolitical Groups | members share common nationality language, cultural tradition, and kinship ties (ex. Hamas (Palestinians) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (Kurds) |
| Terrorist Groups | seek to further POLITICAL OBJECTIVES through the threat or use of violence |
| Cultural Terrorist Groups | ex. Taliban (Afghanistan) Hezbollah (Lebanon) Basque Sepratists (Spain) |
| Political and Ideological | FARC (Colombia), Sendero Luminoso (Peru), ecoterrorists (Earth Liberation Front) |
| Organized Crime | International drug cartels and mafias |