GOV 312L Midterm: Exam #1 Review Sheet
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Review sheet, first midterm exam, gov 312l: u. s. foreign policy. What are public goods and how do the properties. How does structure in the international system constrain behaviors of international. Module 1: introduction to international politics between actors and structure in the international system. The two main components in the international system are actors and structure. Discuss some examples of how structure constrains actors" behaviors. Structure constrains actors by setting the cost and benefits of different actions, and the distribution of wealth and power. For example, a smaller country such as luxembourg is not going to attack the united states, since they neither have any conflict, or any comparison of military power. Structure constitutes actors by changing them before they can make actual choices. When they say international relations are marked by a condition of anarchy, they mean that there is no supranational entity holding states to their word in agreements.
