Social Policy
Guidelines and instruments used to change
or create living conditions that are
conducive to human welfare.
What is "Social Policy"?
The repeated use of
politically motivated violence
with coercive intent, by non-
state actor
What is "Terrorism"?
Instruments used to reduce or prevent harmful effects
humans have on nature and natural resources.
What is "Environmental Policy"?
Dominant theories in IR (International Relations)
What is
Liberalism, Realism, Constructivism?
The authoritative allocation of values in a society
What is "Politics"
creating a society that is based on the
principles of equality and solidarity, that
understands and values human rights and that
recognizes the dignity of every human being
What is "Social Justice"?
A reciprocated, armed
conflict, between two or more
states, aimed at achieving a
subjectively designed, geo-
politically desired outcome.
What is "War"?
Humans threaten earth’s resources and ecological system
Individual and corporate profits vs. common good
Corporations support economic choice without regulation
Religious moral tradition welfare for all is emphasized
Are all parts of-
What is "Tragedy of the Commons"?
Politics is a struggle
among self-interested states for
power and position, each
pursuing its national interest
What is "Realism"?
The increased integration of states through increasing contact, communication, and trade
What is "Globalization"
comparing resources against a determination of need.
“Need” accounts for expenditures mostly
related to food, clothing, shelter, and utilities.
What is "The Supplemental Poverty Measure"?
Instruments used to protect the population,
territorial integrity, sovereignty, and
socioeconomic functions of a state from
external or internal threats
What is "National Security Policy"?
Shrinking Forests and Water Shortages
Deforestation accelerated by demand for biofuels
Deforestation increases CO2 emissions
Are all effects of-
What is "Deforestation and Water Shortages"?
an exchange in which what is gained by one competitor is lost by the other
What is "Zero-Sum Game"?
Institutions that authoritatively allocate values in a society
What is "Polity"?
Gini coefficient is a measure of inequality. It
is a measure of statistical dispersion intended
to represent the income or wealth distribution
What is "The Gini Coefficient"?
Armed conflict
between two or more parties
within the same state.
What is "Civil War"?
Plant and animal species threatened with extinction
Global warming increases risk of extinction 70%
Enclosure movement by MNCs
Biogenetic engineering
Are parts of-
What is "Threats to Global Biodiversity"?
core aspects of
international relations are,
socially constructed, that is, they
are given their form by ongoing
processes of social practice and
interaction
What is "Constructiveism"?
Instruments used to authoritatively allocate values in a society
What is "Policy"?
development model that focuses on the creation of an environment in which people can develop their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accordance with their needs and interests.
What is "Human Development"?
To Provoke Government Action, Especially Indiscriminate Reaction
What is "The Purpose of Terrorism"?
Three Levels of Biodiversity
What is
"Genetic, Species, and Environmental Diversity"?
Political theory based
on the importance of individuals
and the value of political
institutions in creating a more
orderly and cooperative system
What is "Liberalism"?
Codification of values in a society
What are "Laws"?