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THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM - Coggle Diagram
THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
Anarchy: implies not complete chaos or absence of structure and rules, but rather the lack of a central government that can enforce rules.
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Idealists: think that adequate order, short of world government, can be provided by international organizations and agreements.
Sovereignty: traditionally the most important norm means that a government has the right, in principle, to do whatever it wants in its own territory.
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Balance of power: refers to the general concept of one or moreIns the most reliable brake on the power in the anarchical international system.
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Power Distribution
As a concept can apply to all the states in the world or just the states in one region, but most often it refers to the great power system.
Neorealism explains patterns of international events in terms of the system structure the international distribution of power rather than in terms of the internal makeup of individual states.
The polarity of an international power distribution (world or regional) refers to the number of independent power centers in the system.
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Hegemony
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United States as hegemon
- Hegemonic stability.
- Promoting global free trade and world economic growth.