GOV 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Non-State Actor, Free Rider Problem

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Types of Non State Actors
1. Sub State Actors: individuals or organizations who influence the international system, though they
have a mostly domestic presence.
2. Transnational Actors: individuals or organizations who effect IR by having a physical presence
across state borders.
a. Multi-National Corporations (MNCs): private for profit organizations
b. Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs): private non profit organizations
c. Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs): public organizations whose members include two
or more states.
IR and Solving the Collective Goods Dilemma
Collective Goods Problem: how to provide things to a group which will benefit all despite the fact that
individual effort is likely to vary in their attaining (free rider problem)
3 Possible Solutions to the Problem
1. Dominance: creating a system of power hierarchy in which those at the top control those below
2. Reciprocity: rewarding behavior that contributes to the group and punishing behavior that causes
harm to it.
3. Identity: establishing a sense of common identity within the group.
Levels of Analysis and IR
Levels of Analysis: categories of actors and influences that are used in order to establish the focus of an
IR study
This narrows down the analytical scope of the question being studied
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Intergovernmental organizations (igos): public organizations whose members include two or more states. Collective goods problem: how to provide things to a group which will benefit all despite the fact that individual effort is likely to vary in their attaining (free rider problem) 3 possible solutions to the problem: dominance: creating a system of power hierarchy in which those at the top control those below, reciprocity: rewarding behavior that contributes to the group and punishing behavior that causes harm to it. Identity: establishing a sense of common identity within the group. Levels of analysis: categories of actors and influences that are used in order to establish the focus of an.

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