[POL1102] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (14 pages long)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 1102
• Professor: Daniel Pierre- Antoine

Document Summary

Cooperation and conflict epitomize the complex and often contradictory nature of political interactions. At the i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al le(cid:448)el, (cid:862)(cid:272)ooperatio(cid:374)(cid:863) refers to political actors proactively working together, whether that involves operation within existing structures, like the un. Peace signifies the absence of war whereas cooperation is inherently active, requiring interaction and communication to achieve mutually agreeable outcomes. Public political action is undertaken around the world by various elements of international civil society. There is also a more sinister form of non-governmental cooperation that takes places among and between terrorist and criminal organizations, drug traffickers, and insurgents. Conflict takes many forms, whether as deliberate withdrawals of diplomatic relations, open disagreements, economic or rhetorical attacks, limited military actions like blockades, or full-blown warfare. International conflict usually have more attention than cooperation. Globalization drives the world economically, socially, and politically towards greater integration and interdependence and is exemplified by more open borders and the related movement of capital, goods, and people across them.