Politics of the eu Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

GVPT 200 Midterm 1 Latest 2023 Graded A State A territory that has some sort of central government. States are sovereign, meaning the central government can do/ make laws as they please in the boundaries of those states. Ex: United States, India, Pakistan. Nation A group of people that share some sort of common history, ethnicity; Ex. United States, India, Germany; lots of people from different backgrounds. Nation-State The idea that a group of people who have a common identity, or share a sen...

IB Global Politics Sl/Hl Latest Version Graded A+ States a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. State-centric current world system wherein states are the principal actors with no overarching authority to make rules, settle disputes and provide protection State-system A political system in which a number of states or nations unite in recognizing each other's local sovereignty, with the object of preserving an international balanc...

Migration Movement of people from one place to another Why does migration occur? -Better Healthcare -Flee violence or war -Famines -Better Education -Climate Change related problems e.g. drought and flooding. -Better Quality of Life -Better Services (healthcare) -Better Jobs (economic migrant) -Family Reunification -Retirement -Housing -Better Farmland -Extreme weather (natural hazards) -Poverty Top 5 Immigrant Host Countries 1. USA (48 million - 12 million Mexican) 2. German...

IB Global Politics Development Latest Update Graded A+ development sustained increase in the standard of living of a society human development the process of enlarging people's freedoms and opportunities and improving their well-being economic development the increase in productivity and revenue sociopolitical development social developments GDP shows average income but does not show how this is dispersed Gini Coefficient measures inequality of society, assumes inequality ...

International Relations - Main subfield of political science that analyzes the international and domestic qualities of the international system. States - Sovereign countries that comprise the international system Sovereign - All governments reign supreme within each state's respective border. International System - Anarchic in the sense that there is no overarching government, though that does not imply that it is disorderly. No state in it is fully independent, and no state can provide f...

Examine the claim that the significance of military power is diminishing in contemporary global politics. - Answer- Rise of smart power Cyber power Economic interdependence Social power and diplomacy Soft power Discuss the impact of NGOs, MNCs, and international organizations on state sovereignty. - Answer- MNCs NGOs IGOs (EU) Examine the claim that increased interactions and interconnectedness in global politics have fundamentally changed the nature of state sovereignty. - Answer- M...

Edexcel AS Level Politics Paper 2 Mark Scheme June 2022. UK Government and Non-core Political Ideas. These powers are contained in the Scotland Acts, 1998, 2012 and 2016. • Power to vary income tax. • Control over half the VAT receipts collected in Scotland. • Control over education. • Control over the health service. • Control over policing. No AO2 marks awarded for this Q No AO3 marks awarded for this Q Level Mark AO1 Descriptor 0 No rewardable material. Level 1 1–3 • D...

Examine the claim that the significance of military power is diminishing in contemporary global politics. : Rise of smart power Cyber power Economic interdependence Social power and diplomacy Soft power Discuss the impact of NGOs, MNCs, and international organizations on state sovereignty. : MNCs NGOs IGOs (EU) Examine the claim that increased interactions and interconnectedness in global politics have fundamentally changed the nature of state sovereignty. : MNCs NGOs 2 | P a ...

States - Territorial entities in which a central authority provides public goods. Governments - Bureaucratic-legal apparatus constituting the central authority. Nations - Sets of people sharing identity of a cultural, ethnic or historic sort. Nation-States - Combination of a nation and state. Ideal that people within a state have a shared identity. Rare in real world. Correlates of War (COW) - 500,000+ population, externally sovereign, diplomatic recognition. 190 of them identified. Inter...

Evaluate the extent to which direct democracy, rather than representative democracy should be used in the UK P1: Direct democracy participation- direct democracy is better bc participation falling with representative democracy-2019- 67% compared to high turnout of 1979s, 76% in 1979- lowest 2001 counter point: -direct demo increases participation-there was a 72.2% turnout for Brexit- and engagement, but undermines the motivation- -Countries such as Switzerland shows frequent ref...