[GOVT 132] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (32 pages long)
29 Mar 2017
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Chapter one objectives: define the scope and aims of international relations as a discipline. The field of international relations: key concepts, actors, and problems: International relations studies interactions among states, as well as the international activities of nonstate organizations. Igo: intergovernmental organization; an organization between states" governments: ngo: nongovernmental organization; an organization involved in international relations but not attached to a government (i. e. the red cross) International political economy: the ways in which politics and economics interact in an international context: for example, the impact of oil and gas on international politics. International relations overlaps with, but differs from, comparative politics, which focuses on comparing political entities and systems rather than studying how they interact. International treaties, and the economic and political strength of countries supports their sovereignty: because of this, some countries have weaker sovereignty than others. For example, the borders of many african states were determined by colonial western powers.
