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The methodological emphasis shifted away from ______ study research.

case

The promise of these approaches is easier to generalize about causal ______ questions— how and why particular programs or policies work or fail to work.

causal

The supporters of ______ study research argue that case studies provide evidence for causal claims that is not available through statistical and formal research methods.

case

The point of globalizing IR was not to create a single global discipline that was homogeneous in its outlook and ______.

outlook

Many have advocated ______ research.

multimethod

Moving beyond American-centrism or Eurocentric ______ and making IR a genuinely global discipline.

Biases

Modern states claim a monopoly right to ______ within their jurisdictions.

law-making

An approach to the study of society that relies specifically on scientific evidence, such as experiments and statistics, to reveal the true nature of how society operates is known as ______.

positivism

In case of conflict, the ______ law prevails, being the more fundamental law.

natural

The ______ of international law is derived from the agreement of the State to be bound by it.

binding force

The legal transactions that recognized governments in exile can conduct as states in the international arena, including ______, are part of international representation.

treaties

Securing our international land borders and coastal waters between ports of entry is part of ______.

border control

The law is considered as the hallmark of any political community which intends to act together for the ______.

common good

Ubi Societas Ibi Jus is a Latin phrase that means ______.

Where there is a society, there is law

The Philippines was one of the first Asian ______ to allow women the right to vote.

countries

The need to “globalize” the study of international relations, to make it an academic discipline more open to non-Western perspectives and forms of ______.

knowledge

According to Kenneth Waltz, the difference between national and international politics lies not in the use of ______ but in the different modes of organization.

force

Feminist IR examines a vast range of issues covering ______ and men from different social, political, and economic backgrounds.

women

A key goal of feminist IR is to correct the ______ bias in asking “Where are the women?”

male-centric

The shift in international relations is described as a transition from international relations to ______ politics.

world

International relations attempts to explain the interactions of ______ in the global interstate system.

states

The United Nations Commission on the Status of ______ reported in June 2016 that only 22.8% of all national parliamentarians were women.

Women

The study of international relations is an attempt to explain behavior that occurs across the boundaries of ______.

states

Feminist IR highlights and examines cases of ______ inequality between men and women.

gender

Martin Wight observed that it has become natural to think of international politics as the untidy ______ of domestic politics.

fringe

Feminist contributions to IR can also be understood through their deconstruction of ______–both as socially constructed identities and as powerful organizing logic.

gender

The institutions that oversee international interactions include ______, state, non-governmental, and inter-governmental organizations.

private

Feminist IR looks at issues that disproportionately affect ______ but are often overlooked in traditional IR analysis.

women

International relations attempts to explain the interactions of others whose behavior originates within one country and is targeted toward members of other ______.

countries

The ______ international relations agenda begins by establishing a broader set of issues to analyze.

feminist

Following the atrocities of Adolf Hitler's Nazi ______ regime during the Second World War, German political identity shifted from one of militarism to pacifism due to unique historical circumstances.

regime

Social norms are also central to ______, constructivism.

o

These are generally defined as 'a standard of appropriate behavior for actors with a given ______'.

identity

This process is also known as 'the logic of ______', where actors behave in certain ways because they believe that this behavior is appropriate.

appropriateness

The state may not be the only actor in world politics, but it is widely recognized as the one that has the greatest impact on people's ______.

lives

At various moments in time, _______, empires, feudal states, absolutist states or nation states have been the dominant institutional form.

city-states

John Dunn says, “the ______ institutional site of political experience”.

principal

We can identify three types of norms: regulative norms, constitutive norms and ______ norms.

prescriptive

Study Notes

Globalizing International Relations

  • The study of international relations needs to be more open to non-Western perspectives and forms of knowledge.
  • International relations aims to explain the interactions of states in the global interstate system and the interactions of others whose behavior originates within one country and is targeted toward members of other countries.

Traditional vs. New Agenda

  • The study of international relations is shifting from traditional to new agenda, focusing on the broader relationships and institutions that oversee interactions between states.

Domestic vs. International Politics

  • The differences between domestic and international politics seem to vindicate Martin Wight’s observation that international politics is the untidy fringe of domestic politics.

Globalizing IR

  • The goal of globalizing IR is to move beyond American-centrism or Eurocentric biases and make IR a genuinely global discipline.

Modern States

  • Modern states claim a monopoly right to: national economic management, law-making, international representation, and border control.

International Law

  • The binding force of international law is derived from the agreement of states to be bound by it.

Feminist Contributions to IR

  • Feminist IR examines a vast range of issues covering women (and men) from different social, political, and economic backgrounds.
  • It highlights and examines cases of gender inequality between men and women, such as disparities in political representation and the gender pay gap.

Constructivism

  • Social norms are central to constructivism, defined as a standard of appropriate behavior for actors with a given identity.
  • States that conform to a certain identity are expected to comply with the norms associated with that identity.

The State

  • The state is the principal institutional site of political experience and has the greatest impact on people’s lives.

This quiz covers topics related to sociology and government, including approaches to studying society and the roles of modern states.

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