P to the Ower (Content)
Hard Power consists of two primary types of power. What are they?
Economic Power and Military Power
When there is no government present. The is called what in the Social Contract theory?
State of Nature
Who wrote the Two Treatises on Government?
John Locke
Domestic means...
Within the home territory/country
Hobbes referenced what creature in his theory?
The Leviathan
On our notes we a graph focused on the top countries who used soft power. Which country was at the top of that list?
France
Which theorist believes the nature of man is nasty, brutish, and short?
Thomas Hobbes
Where did the recent presidential debate take place?
National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
What's this definition?
Exhibiting power through coercion, force, and/or threats.
Hard Power
When a higher power directly provides/gives authority to the leader. What is this called?
The Divine Right of Kings
What is the name when you use both hard and soft power effectively?
Smart Power
Who believes men are naturally good and compassionate?
Jean Jacque Rousseau
According Locke, what Natural Rights do men possess at birth?
Life
Liberty
Estate (Property)
What is Robert A. Dahl's definition of power?
A causing (or having the ability to cause) B to do something that B otherwise would not do.
Finish the quote: “Man if born free and is everywhere else in ___”
Chains
What are the ways a country gains or looses soft power? There are 3.
Culture
Political Values
Foreign Policy
The idea that people are the source of all political power is what concept?
Popular Sovereignty
The US ranks very highly on GDP. What does GDP stand for?
Gross Domestic Product
What's the definition?
Actions taken in formation and maintenance of the state or other governing entity
Politics
What argument does Locke propose to argue against the Divine Right?
There was no historical lineage or evidence of such a lineage to exist. The Divine logic is not reason-based.
We learned the name of a theorist who came up with the name Soft Power. What's his name?
Joseph Nye
Rousseau believes something corrupts man. What is it that corrupts man?
The experiences and problems of a society are what makes man corrupted.
Motivations of unjust rulers and fighting is what makes us corrupt.
The US Military expenditure is the highest on the planet. Out of all the military expedites, what percentage is attributed to the US?
37%
What is this definition?
The profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country’s representatives abroad
Diplomacy
The US has the highest rank in GDP. The group that is closest to that number gets the points (2023 data).
$26.9 Trillion