INTLSTD 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Complex Interdependence, World Wide Fund For Nature, Médecins Sans Frontières
20 Aug 2016
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Civil society: ngos that are active in public life through the expression of their members" values and interests international law: the regulations of relations among sovereign states emerging from customary practices. the management of states" behavior toward one another. Ngos: nongovernmental organizations; formal public bodies whose members are nation-states bene ts: not bound be any government constraints. Igos: intergovernmental organizations; formal, nonpro t, voluntary organizations who members are individuals organized around speci c issues or a common cause. 1600s: states maintain balance of power by use of force and alliances with other countries against enemies. Concert of europe: a formal collaborative group formed in 1815 to enforce the decisions reached of the. Congress of vienna formalized the alliances formed at the congress served as an enforcement mechanism for the agreements made at congress sought to promote a cooperative international environment not very successful (undermined by nationalistic tendencies)
