unsure what field I want my contribution to be in. A degree in international studies will improve my understanding of the impact of education‚ health‚ human rights‚ the environment‚ economics‚ conflict‚ and other fields on development as well as the impact of under development on those fields. In addition‚ the multi-disciplinary nature of the subject will enable me to explore options for later specialisation. My interest in international development has arisen out of my experiences as a child when
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to be perceived in the broader international relations. African countries should assist their economies by trading with one another. The liberal view would see that if South Africa assists its neighbouring countries profit from international deals made‚ then the logical
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benefits. It made other states less likely to threaten America or its vital interests directly. By dampening great-power competition and giving Washington the capacity to shape regional balances of power‚ primacy contributed to a more tranquil international environment. That tranquility fostered global prosperity; investors and traders operate with greater confidence when there is less danger of war. Primacy also gave the United States the ability to work for positive ends: promoting human rights
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producing countries. This process‚ which should not be confused with restrictions on crude oil exports‚ represents a significant turning point in the development of oil policy. Nationalization eliminates the concession system—in which private international companies control oil resources within oil-producing countries—and allows oil-producing countries to regain control. Once these countries become the sole owners of their resources‚ they have to decide how to maximize the net present value of their
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Gender and International Relations: A Global Perspective and Issues for the Caribbean Author(s): Jessica Byron and Diana Thorburn Source: Feminist Review‚ No. 59‚ Rethinking Caribbean Difference (Summer‚ 1998)‚ pp. 211232 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1395731 . Accessed: 04/01/2011 09:15 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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Realism in International Relations The video begins with a lecture from professor Richard Betts who is the director of the institute of War and Peace studies and director of the International Security Policy program in the School of International and Public affairs at Columbia University. In the lecture video he was discussing and explaining the many different theories of realism. Realism is a theory of how the world usually works. Realism is not a blueprint to how things should work in special
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feminist International Relations (IR) theory to the discipline as a whole is fraught with complexities; not only is feminist discourse a multifaceted branch of competing theories employing separate epistemologies‚ it is also a somewhat marginalised field within the study of IR. In their different ways‚ feminist theorists aim to expose gender biases embedded in conventional IR theories‚ such as realism and liberal institutionalism‚ and to reconstruct gender-neutral outlooks of international politics
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International Labor Relations Labor relations are an important element of business‚ becoming more complex in an international environment. Labor relations are the way that the upper layers of management interact with the lower layers in the company’s hierarchy. Because of the national differences in economic‚ political‚ and legal systems across countries‚ there exist different states of labor relations that international companies must face. Because of these differences‚ most multinational companies
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The history of international relations is often traced back to the Peace of Westphalia of 1648‚ where the modern state system was developed. Prior to this‚ the European medieval organization of political authority was based on a vaguely hierarchical religious order. Westphalia instituted the legal concept of sovereignty‚ which essentially meant that rulers‚ or the legitimate sovereigns‚ would recognize no internal equals within a defined territory and no external superiors as the ultimate authority
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century." It is much exploited in the modern century and is seen as both a curse and a blessing. Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people‚ companies‚ and governments of different nations‚ a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. This process has effects on the environment‚ on culture‚ on political systems‚ on economic development and prosperity‚ and on human physical well-being in societies around the world. For
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