IB Global Politics
Power, Sovereignty and International Relations
Nature of POwer--Nye, Meaarsheimer, Gramsci, Lukes, Wolf
hard v. soft, economic, military, social, cultural, individual v collective, unilateral v multilateral
State power in global politics
states and statehood
nation-states, sateless nations, unitary states, federal states, confederations, democratic, militarised, fragile, rising
Westphalian sovereignty, globalization, supranationality, humanitarian intervention, indigenous rights
force, international norms and law, political participation, consent of governed
UN, IGOS, NGOs, MNCs, social movements, resistance movements, violent protest movements
WTO, IMF, EU, African Inion, Arab League, ASEAN
Red Cross/Crescent, Anmesty I, HRW, Greenpeace, BRAC
Unilever, Philips, IKEA, Lenovo, Tata
Occupy, biooion voices
Arab Spring, Orange Revolution Ukraine, Zapatista Rev
FARC, Hezbollah, Naxalities, Al Qaeda
US, CDU SPD Germany Communist China
G20, G8, G2, Wolrd Economic Forum, World Social Forum
Political parties
hard v. soft, economic, military, social, cultural, individual v collective, unilateral v multilateral
State power in global politics
states and statehood
nation-states, sateless nations, unitary states, federal states, confederations, democratic, militarised, fragile, rising
Westphalian sovereignty, globalization, supranationality, humanitarian intervention, indigenous rights
force, international norms and law, political participation, consent of governed
UN, IGOS, NGOs, MNCs, social movements, resistance movements, violent protest movements
WTO, IMF, EU, African Inion, Arab League, ASEAN
Red Cross/Crescent, Anmesty I, HRW, Greenpeace, BRAC
Unilever, Philips, IKEA, Lenovo, Tata
Occupy, biooion voices
Arab Spring, Orange Revolution Ukraine, Zapatista Rev
FARC, Hezbollah, Naxalities, Al Qaeda
US, CDU SPD Germany Communist China
G20, G8, G2, Wolrd Economic Forum, World Social Forum
Political parties