GVPT 200 Chapter 1: Reading Guide for Wednesday 30th

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Government and Politics
• Course: GVPT 200
• Professor: Calvert Jones

Document Summary

Overview: today"s reading introduces important foundational concepts and identifies who the primary actors in international relations are (states, etc. ). It also chronicles the historical development of international relations and establishes its boundaries from those of related areas of political science. We"ll utilize many of today"s concepts throughout the semester. Instead of fighting constantly over who gets scarce resources, the members of a group can just fight occasionally over position in the. Which actors are highlighted by pevehouse and goldstein, and which strike you as most relevant? (see pp. 10-14) who the primary actors are depends on the ir theory, states are primary actors for realism and neorealism. State actors territorial entity controlled by a government and inhabited by a population: states are most important actors in ir; the international system is based on the sovereignty of about 200 independent territorial states of varying sizes.