QUIZ 1 TUESDAY8/27Political Science 101Lecture One1) Historical Shifts in International RelationsA) European Colonizationa) Politicalb) Economicc) CulturalB) Commercial/Industrial Revolutions (16th Century-present)C) Thirty Year War (1618-1648)a) The Nation-State (Treaty of Westphalia) signed in 1648D) French/American Revolutions (18th century)- Wanted to be free from colonial rulea) Rise of NationalismE) World Wars/Revolutions (20th Century)a) World War 1 (1914-1918) - Countries in middle east gain independenceb) World War 2 (1939-1945)- Countries like Africa gain independencec) Russian Revolution (1917)/ Chinese Revolution (1949)2) Actors in International RelationsA) Formal Actors1) Nation State- You can be a nation without a state but not a state without a nation- The state is the bureaucracy 2) TNCs- Trans National Corporation (has employees and investments all over the globe.)- Becoming more prominent since World War 2-3) IOs- International Organizations- UN is the largest IO- 20th century phenomenon4) NGOs- Non Governmental Organizations- Individuals can become members of these groups. Thousands of NGOs.- World Wildlife Organization/USC kayaking club- Prominent after WW2B) Informal Actors1) Individuals- Workers, Consumers, Voters, IPhone users,- Individual power is still dependent on technology and business2) Communities/ Ethnic groups- Groups that desire independence- Should any and every ethnic group gain independence?3) Religions/ Civilizations- Transcend time and space and look increasingly at different religions around the World.3) Politics and PowerA) Power1) Force/Hard Power- War, military capabilities- Use of force- Must have an economic base to have hard power2) Influence/Soft Power- Non physical, less physical- Sweden, Switzerland, Holland- No hard power at all. Achieve soft power by diplomacy3) Capabilities- Must have resources- Must have ideals to promote. USA promotes democracy- The more powerful you are, the more expected from youB) Diplomacy- Conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states. Usually international.4) Levels of AnalysisA) Individuals- choices, perceptions, actions of individuals, political and military leadersB) National/State- how the political system effects the foreign partyC) International (systematic)- examines relationships between states like with treatiesD) Group*- groups inside the nation like bureaucracy, like with decision makingE) Global*- looks at demographic trends like the