Question by Amanda: is anyone good with international relations?
15. How are international organizations changing the practice of international politics? Do they represent a fundamental force, or simply a minor detail?
16. How are transnational advocacy networks changing the practice of international politics? Do they represent a fundamental force, or simply a minor detail?
17. What are the major approaches to international ethics? [What are the main problems with applying each approach in practice?]
18. Will environmental problems lead to greater cooperation or increased conflict in the international system; or will they have little effect? [why?]
19. What are the links between international environmental problems and economic development?
20. How is “security” being redefined in the contemporary world?
21. How does globalization facilitate transnational crime?
22. What is a “collective action” problem, and how does that concept help us understand international
politics? [Discuss an important collective action problem in international politics as well as the possible solutions.]
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Answer by George D
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15. How are international organizations changing the practice of international politics? Do they represent a fundamental force, or simply a minor detail?
•IO’s Changing
oStarted Effects of a Cause (need ppl to contain problems)
oMoving toward a Cause → Effect (acting, making agendas)
oThousands of IO’s
•Link governmental decisions
•Norms being established
•Affairs are being regulated without an “all-powerful” international government
•Fundamental Force
oTruly Effective when states work together
oUN
•Can apply military force
•Can make agendas on what to try and fix
•Decides members of the int’l community
oEU
•Democratization of Europe
•Brings power to Europe
•Pooled Sovereignty
16.How are transnational advocacy networks changing the practice of international politics? Do they represent a fundamental force, or simply a minor detail?
•TAN’s Changing
oLobbying governments in favor of policies
•Human Rights Watch
•Compel gov’s with stats and publication
oHelp IO’s by setting int’l agendas before issues arise
•Give IO’s easy way to deal with problems
oProvide services
•Delivery of aid
•Red Cross
•Minor Detail
oAlthough they help to do these things, they can be done by larger IO’s if required
oDoes give voice to those in need
oHelps to lighten the load for IO’s so they can focus on more important problems at hand.
17. What are the major approaches to international ethics? [What are the main problems with applying each approach in practice?]
18. Will environmental problems lead to greater cooperation or increased conflict in the international system; or will they have little effect? [why?]
•Conflict
oStart out as attempted cooperation
oFinger pointing is inevitable
oGet defensive and feel targeted
oStates take sides over restrictions
•Kyoto Protocol
•Reduces greenhouse gas emissions
•U.S. refused to sign b/c of fossil fuel usage
19. What are the links between international environmental problems and economic development?
•To Fix Environmental Problems, you have to cut back on things that are more efficient, or spend unnecessary money to do things a different “greener” way
•Tragedy of the commons
oShared resources over consumed, but every state needs them to sustain economic growth/stability
•Oil shortages are due to the fact that we have produced more than we can support
•Too many cars for amnt of oil
•Export Led Growth
oProduces high quantity of scrap or waste
oRecycling is expensive
oHow are countries supposed to make money if they have to spend money to keep it clean?
20.How is “security” being redefined in the contemporary world?
•Discussion of what constitutes a security threat
•When something is defined as a security issue, it is implicitly given higher priority
•Terrorism now included as a threat to security
•Securitization: the process in which an issue that didn’t used to be thought of as a security issue is now a security issue
oChanges the scope of possible responses
oExample: U.S. military spending lots of time and money to combat disease in Africa→sees this as a preventative measure to societal breakdown
21. How does globalization facilitate transnational crime?
•Borders provide safe havens for criminals; different jurisdictions within different borders
•Globalization helps money laundering→fast movement of money throughout banks around the world
•Globalization is good for smuggling →easier to hide contraband when so many things are moving around the world
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