’TOPIC 1: STUDYING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS * What is the purpose of a theory of international relations? * The human race has deliberated endlessly on history‚ philosophy and politics. While the relations and between nations were studied within these fields‚ international relations (hereafter "IR)‚ as a separate discipline‚ emerged after the Great War. The purpose of IR was‚ at the time of its conception‚ to understand the relations among states and identify the causes of conflict‚ and
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Definitions Trevor Taylor (1979) defines International Relations as "a discipline‚ which tries to explain political activities across state boundaries". According to Ola‚ Joseph (1999)‚ "International relations are the study of all forms of interactions that exist between members of separate entities or nations within the international system". Seymon Brown (1988) thus defines international relations as "the investigating and study of patterns of action and “reactions amongsovereign states as
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What is ’Power’ in International Relations? Use Examples to Illustrate your Argument Power can be seen as a very complicated concept within International Relations. Power in International Relations does not only refer to military might but also includes economic power‚ cultural power and also‚ ’soft’ and ’hard’ power. Brown defines power as not just one thing but three things all working at the same time. They are; the attributes that the actor has and can use‚ the relationships between actors
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Current Issues in Language Studies 1(2009)/P. Faber‚ P. León‚ J. Prieto/ Semantic Relations‚ Dynamicity‚ and Terminological Knowledge Bases SEMANTIC RELATIONS‚ DYNAMICITY‚ AND TERMINOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE BASES Pamela Faber a ‚ Pilar León b ‚ Juan Antonio Prieto c Abstract The linguistic and conceptual shift in Terminology has led to a more discourse-centered approach with a focus on how terms are used in texts (Temmerman and Kerremans‚ 2003). This shift has affected the construction
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source: Smith‚ Rachel & Khawaja‚ Nigar (2011) A review of the acculturation experiences of international students. International Journal of Intercultural Relations‚ 35 (6)‚ pp. 699-713. This file was downloaded from: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/46481/ c Copyright 2011 Elsevier NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Journal of Intercultural Relations. Changes resulting from the publishing process‚ such as peer review‚ editing‚ corrections
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HUMAN RELATIONS Human relation According to Tuason‚ et al is the “ art of getting along with others.” Some say it is merely pakikisama “or conformity with the group. Human relations is an art of fulfilment that depends upon a basic understanding of the feelings of others. According to Davis‚ it is the art of motivating people in an organization to develop which effectively fulfils their needs and achieve organizational objectives. It is also defined as the process of interaction between two
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Public Relations Publics This tells us that we cannot talk about public relations without reference to publics. A public is any group whose members have a common interest or common values in a particular situation. According to Wragg (1993)‚ public relations publics or audiences can be divided into four categories which include: 1. Functional Publics: They are those publics which enable the organization to perform its chosen tasks. 2. Enabling Publics: These are publics which permit the
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Introduction To enable employees to deliver productive outcomes at work and within society‚ one must first consider the concept of industrial relations; later known as employee relations due to the shift in trading trends of the UK from predominantly manufacturing industries. Employee relations concentrate on the management and maintenance of the employment relationship between employer and employee. This means dealing with employees either through trade unions or individually to bargain for employment
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study intercultural relation. Discuss Communication occurs between individuals who have varying degree of intimacy within each other. Intercultural relations capability is the degree to which people effectively adapt his/her nonverbal and verbal messages to the appropriate cultural context (Kiss 2008). Intercultural relations can be taken place when individuals influenced by different cultural societies exchange shared meanings in communication. Yet‚ intercultural relations can be formed of different
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“The importance of International Affairs in relation to the ASEAN Economic Community and the world today” International Affairs or IA is a major in Khon Kean University International College. In some university such as Thummasart University and Chulalongkron University. They call different with Khon Kean University. They called “International Relation” or IR. International Affairs studies about relation among many countries. We study politics. It makes us know about politic in each country in the
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