[POL SCI 139] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (46 pages long)
29 Nov 2016
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Us threatens intervention (military) because of chemical weapons. Syrian attacks w/ chemical weapons, west accused syrian gov"t (assad gov"t) getting close > attack. Rebels in retreat > attack, need us intervention. To come between disputing peoples, groups, to intercede, mediate. Nation-state: cultural / ethnic identity, political and geopolitical entity, sovereignty. Autonomy over internal and foreign policy, monopoly on violence within state to gov"t, independence of laws. Joseph nye 8 manifestations of coercion from low to high. Nonintervention: speech, broadcast, economic aid, military advisors, support opposition, blockade, limited military action (no fly zone, bombing raids, military invasion. Humanitarian, power, veil of humanitarianism by the west. Intervention into russia not simply from a violation of territory, but indirect pressure from international organizations. Nation: linked through common descent, culture, language, or territorial integrity (social) State: outside socioeconomic hierarchies w/ autonomous office holders. France as a nation-state: culturally diverse > change of definition of a nation.
