POLS 2401 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: International Relations, Nationstates, Environmental Policy
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Chapter 1 state- an organized political entity with a permanent population, a well-defined territory, and a government; in every day language, often used as synonymous with nation-state. Nonstate actors- all transitionally active groups other than states, such as international governmental organizations whose members are states (igos) and nongovernmental organizations whose members are individual and private groups from more than one state. Once we have identified factors from different levels of analysis that may combine to produce some outcome, it is useful to place them in a sequence that specifies the order in which they occurred. Individual level of analysis- an analytical approach to the study of world politics that emphasizes the psychological factors motivating people who make foreign policy decisions on behalf of states and other global actors. State level of analysis- an analytical approach to the study of world politics that emphasizes how the internal attributes of states influence their foreign policy behavior.
