Global Politics Concepts

Power is

• The ability to effect change

• Soft, hard, smart and sharp

• The growth of states to hegemony

• The way in which states interact

Sovereignty is...

• Legal jurisdiction over territory, independence and control

• Defined in the Monte Carlo convention

• The actions or actor being commonly considered acceptable

• The ability to change

Legitimacy is

• The way in which decisions are made by all groups

• The decision to elect someone or not

• The fundamental basis for all forms of government

• An actor or action being considered acceptable

Sustainability is

• The ability to hold your breath

• To keep something going for ages

• Development that does not compromise the future

• A term used only in Geography

Equality is

• The idea that different groups have the same intrinsic value

• The idea of people in different classes being equal

• The idea that men should be equal to each other

• A mathematical term only

Development is...

• Measured using just the countries GDP or how much money it has

• Measured in multiple ways including the GINI coefficient and HDI

• The sustained increase in the standard of living

• Making something better

Non violence is

• Exemplified by the actions of Abu Al Bagdadi

• The practice of advocating for rights without harming an opponent

• Not hitting someone

• Mr Rudall's reaction to homework disappointments

Conflict is

• A dynamic process of actual or perceived collaboration

• A dynamic process of actual or perceived opposition

• Shown in the work of NGOs and IGOs in Myanmar

• The ability to make other people do what you want

Violence is

• Hitting

• Kicking

• Biting

• Physical or psychological force afflicted upon another being

Peace is

• The elimination of conditions of violence and conflict

• Can be negative or positive

• A dynamic process of removing the causes of conflict

• The work of Ghandi