POLS 171 Final:

• School: SUNY Oneonta
• Department: Political Science/Theory
• Course: POLS 171
• Professor: Matthew Murphy

Document Summary

State university of new york: college at oneonta. Denotes a system in which one country or center of power dominates and controls other, weaker countries either directly or indirectly using either force, the threat of force, or some other means or coercion. Made up of smaller political communities (including states) Have existed as a form of international order in ancient, pre-modern, and modern periods and throughout different parts of the world. The british empire is the most powerful modern example of an empire as defined above. States are the primary actors in international relation approaches, but theories consider cosmopolitanism, the idea of an international/global community. A state is a compulsory political organization with a centralized government that maintains a monopoly on the legitimate use of force within a certain geographical territory. The modern nation-state is the predominant form of state to which people are subject. Reduction in barriers to the movement of goods, money, people, and ideas.