POLS 2940 Study Guide - Final Guide: Precautionary Principle, Ozone Depletion, Global Governance

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2940
• Professor: Prof. Monika Thakur

Document Summary

The state is the highest form of political organization, most important actor in the international system: weber: a state has the following characteristics territory, population, government, state/government monopoly over the legitimate use of violence, sovereignty (baylis, et. al. ) Sovereignty is a complex term, juridical and empirical. Taiwan, palestine but function like a state". Links with constructivism; inter-subjective understandings - e. g. , self-help" and security community. Social construction of security community is different from self-help (states are so distrustful that they make worst-case assumptions about each other"s intentions, and therefore, define their interest in self-help terms) Security community shared knowledge and identity in which states trust one another to resolve their disputes without war, such as nato. Topic 1: international organizations; the un: un system: main bodies; un charter, debate: assessment of the un successes" and challenges" (curtis/taylor; freedman) Terms (section a): global governance, un charter, general assembly, security council.