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Alliances
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Coalitions of states formed for mutual protection.
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Deterrence
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The use of power resources to discourage a state from acting aggressively.
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Relative gains
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As opposed to absolute gains, which are simply the total materials gains made by a state, relative gains focus on the gains one state makes compared to a rival. Realists emphasize the importance of relative gains.
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Power transitions
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When the relative power of two (or more) states changes, often due to technological innovations and uneven economic growth.
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Peaceful change
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The problem of how the international system copes with the transition of order based on the domination of one state over other states.
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Modernization
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The idea that humankind is constantly inventing, innovating, improving, and creating.
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Commercial liberalism
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The idea that market society and economic interdependence tend to have a pacifying impact on relations among states. As the economic relations between two states increase, the interests of these states in stable and continuous relations grow.
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Functionalism
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The liberal idea that institutions are tools that allow states to develop more efficient and durable forms of cooperation.
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Transnationalism
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The tendency of groups within countries to build cooperative associations with groups in other countries.
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Cosmopolitanism
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The tendency of peoples in different countries to embrace each other as fellow global citizens. Cosmopolitanism can be contrasted with nationalism.
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Mode of production
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The basic organization of the economy – the way in which people relate to one another and to the material world.
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Relations of production
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The system by which the people in a productive system are related, or the relations between those people. According to Marxism, the relations of production will be characterized by class conflict.
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Socioeconomic classes
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Groupings of peoples based on their relationship to the economy.
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Class conflict
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Conflict between the capitalist owners of wealth and industrial production and the workers they employ.
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Revolution
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According to Marxism, in any instance of class conflict a breakpoint is eventually reached when the workers take control from the capitalist owners. Revolution is the dominant mode of political change in the Marxist school.
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