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CHAPTER 3

System of Analysis. CHAPTER 3. System-Level Analysis. Structural Characteristics. Power Relationships. Economic Realities. Norms of Behavior. Structural Characteristics. 1. The Organization of Authority. For making and Enforcing rules For Allocating Assets

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CHAPTER 3

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  1. System of Analysis CHAPTER 3

  2. System-Level Analysis • Structural Characteristics • Power Relationships • Economic Realities • Norms of Behavior

  3. Structural Characteristics 1. The Organization of Authority • For making and Enforcing rules • For Allocating Assets • c. For Conducting other Authoritative Tasks in a system can range from hierarchical (vertical) to anarchical (horizontal). • Vertical Authority Structure • Horizontal Authority Structure

  4. Structural Characteristics 2. The Actors • States as Actors (National Actors) • - States (countries) are the principal actors on the world stage. • b. Intergovernmental Organizations as Actors (IGOs) • - An international organization, whose membership consists of countries. • Transnational Organizations as Actors • - These organizations operate internationally, but unlike IGOs their membership is private. • Nongovernmental organizations • Multinational corporations (MNCs) or transnational corporations (TNCs) • Terrorist Group

  5. Structural Characteristics 3. Scope, Level and Intensity of Interactions • A third structural characteristics of any political system is the scope (range), frequency, and intensity (level) of interactions among the actors.

  6. Power Relationships in the International System 1. Number of System Poles • System Pole • Single country or empire • An Alliance • A Global IGO (such as UN) • Regional IGO (such as EU) • a.1 Unipolar Systems • a.2 Bipolar Systems • a.3 Tripolar Systems • a.4 Multipolar Systems

  7. Power Relationships in the International System 2. Concentration of Power A pole is a major power center, but not all major powers are equal. This inequality affects how the system operates because the system stability varies in part according to the degree to which power is concentrated or diffused among the various poles.

  8. Power Relationships in the International System 3. Power Changes: Causes and Effects The Causes of Changes in Power • Sources of Power • Conditions within Major Actors • Balance-of-Power Politics The Effects of Changes in Power • Specific Changes in Power • Power Transitions and System Stability

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