Global Politics

Positive rights - Answer- Protected by authority. "Freedom to" Healthcare/education Negative rights - Answer- Do not require intervention. "Freedom from" Discrimination/slavery UDHR - Answer- United Nations declaration of human rights. Adopted 1948. Generations of rights - Answer- 1. generation - liberty - civil and political 2. generation - equality - economic and social 3. generation - fraternity - cutural rights Treaty/convention - Answer- Legally binding agreements bet...

Power : This is a central concept in the study of global politics and a key focus of the course. This is used to effect change, rather than being viewed as a unitary or independent force. Sovereignty : This characterizes a state's independence, it's control over territory and its ability to govern itself. Legitimacy : This refers to an actor or an action being commonly considered acceptable and provides the fundamental basis or rationale for all forms of governance and other ways ...

Positive rights : Protected by authority. "Freedom to" Healthcare/education Negative rights : Do not require intervention. "Freedom from" Discrimination/slavery UDHR : United Nations declaration of human rights. Adopted 1948. Generations of rights : 1. generation - liberty - civil and political 2. generation - equality - economic and social 2 | P a g e 3. generation - fraternity - cutural rights Treaty/convention : Legally binding agreements between states - is ratified to m...

Isreal/Palestine Conflict - Unit 1 : States and Statehood Legitimacy of states of Israel and Palestine - Trump moving embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv) Isreal/Palestine Conflict - Unit 2 : Human Rights Council - Us decision to leave because of perceived anti-Israel bias Politicisation of Human Rights - Make up of the Human Rights council, and criticisms of the Human Rights council Violations - Border wall around Gaza Strip, settlements in the West Bank ICJ - case over the const...

development - Answer- a sustained increase in the standard of living within a society Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answer- physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self-actualization socio-political - Answer- combining social and political factors GDP - Answer- Gross Domestic Product- the total market value of all final goods and services produced annually in an economy Gini Coefficient - Answer- A measure of income inequality within a population, ranging from zero for comple...

ICC - ans-International Criminal Court UNDUHR - ans-United Nations Declaration of Universal Human Rights ICESCR - ans-International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights ICCPR - ans-International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICJ - ans-International Court of Justice What are positive Rights? - ans-They are rights to something, to do, to hold What are negative Rights? - ans-They are rights from something What are human Rights? - an...

Positive rights - ans-Protected by authority. "Freedom to" Healthcare/education Negative rights - ans-Do not require intervention. "Freedom from" Discrimination/slavery UDHR - ans-United Nations declaration of human rights. Adopted 1948. Generations of rights - ans-1. generation - liberty - civil and political 2. generation - equality - economic and social 3. generation - fraternity - cutural rights Treaty/convention - ans-Legally binding agreements between state...

Human rights - ans-The rights that all people have by the virtue of being a human being Human rights are - ans-Universal Inalienable Indivisible Positive rights - ans-Protected by authority, freedom to Negative rights - ans-Do not require intervention, freedom from UNHR first generation - ans-Civil and political rights. Correspond to liberty. UNHR secon generation - ans-Economic and social rights. Correspond to equality. UNHR third generation - ans-Referred to a...

Sovereign - Answer Recognised ability to exercise power over a territory with defined borders. Power - Answer The ability of one global actor to influence the actions of another global actor. NGOs - Answer Specialised organisations, agencies and groups committed to promoting a range of issues. They are independent from government influence, working as a group of individuals from around the world as a moderating influence on government behaviour. International Relations - Answer Study of t...

Power - Answer The ability to affect others to get the outcome one wants Hard Power - Answer The ability to control and influence others through coercive or physical force. Soft Power - Answer The ability to attract and persuade other to your side through the projection of your ideas, cultures, and values. States - Answer Countries with defined political borders, governments, and militaries. Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) - Answer Entity created by treaty, involving two or more na...