[PS 100] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (28 pages long)

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PS 100
• Professor: Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz

Document Summary

Chapter 11 - international politics and the global community. War: 1. years immediately post-wwii (1945- 1947)- hegemony (1) (us, 2. Cold war- bipolar (2); 1947-1991 (us, soviet union: 3. post-cold war (1991- whenever) multipolar (many) (russia, us, soviet. Union, etc. : which of these is an example of soft power (rather than hard power), soft power- persuasion, public opinion, political skill. Chapter 12 - war and peace in the modern age. Explain why or why not: refer to definition of war above, no, conflicts can involve non-state actors, the democratic peace hypothesis makes predictions about how states will act in the international system. In class we discussed the war in syria. What aspect might be categorized as a proxy war: civil war (between afghanistan government and mujahadeen) /55: proxy war- us may align with saudi arabia and other gulf states to support opposition groups. Chapter 13 - the battle on behalf of human rights.