POL SCI 6B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Liberal Democracy, Francis Fukuyama, Hedley Bull
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Below are some key terms and concepts listed by week. You should know all the key-terms here but i reserve the right to ask you questions on material not directly present in this study guide but reviewed in the assigned texts, lecture or both. More importantly, it is a greater interconnectedness in which there is a fundamental shift in spatial scale of human organizations. Stronger link between distant communities and the expansion of power relations. Characterized by a convergence in people, goods and services. Time-space compression, geography compressed, people are closer than ever due to technological advancements. State as a legal person, political community and a government. Concept of nation based on civil notion, states and nation states can coexist. Systemic: distribution of power in international system; form alliances. Domestic: location, resources, cultures, background, norms, social structure. Individual: leaders personality, human nature, individual group decision making, belief systems.