ILS Chapter 1 Terms

The emergence of a complex web of interconnectedness that means that our lives are increasingly shaped by events that occur, and decisions that are made, at a great distance from us

• Globalization

• Globality

• Modernization

• Feudalism

A framework of cooperation amongst states and other actors to ensure the peaceful resolution of conflict

• Sovereignty

• International Security

• Security Regime

• Warlordism

A political association that establishes sovereign jurisdiction within defined territorial borders

• Government

• Autarky

• The State

• Security Regime

A political association that establishes sovereign jurisdiction within defined territorial borders

• Sovereignty

• Authority

• Anarchy

• Globality

The belief that social theories should be constructed only on the basis of observable behaviour, providing quantifiable data for research.

• Behaviouralism

• Neoliberalism

• Realism

• Chauvinism

An approach to political analysis that takes the state to be the key actor in the domestic realm and on the world stage.

• Liberalism

• Mixed Actor Model

• Self Help

• State-Centrism

A pattern of relationships between and amongst states that establishes a measure of order and predictability.

• State Centrism

• The State

• State-System

• State of the Nation

The theory that, while not ignoring the role of states and national governments, international politics is shaped by a much broader range of interests and groups.

• Mixed-Actor Model

• Diplomacy

• Balance of Power

• State-System

To be safe from harm, the absence of threats; security may be understood in ‘national’, ‘international’, ‘global’ or ‘human’ terms.

• Sovereignty

• Security

• Authority

• Globalism

A process of negotiation and communication between states that seeks to resolve conflict without recourse to war; an instrument of foreign policy.

• Positivism

• Liberalism

• Authority

• Diplomacy