Understanding global security - Peter Hough

GLOSSARY
their dominance of international relations, which superceded that of the great
powers in earlier eras.
supranational legal authority over the state.
symbiosis the natural science process whereby two living organisms co-exist for
their mutual benefit, used in political science to denote situations when
apparently contradictory aims (such as sovereignty and political integration)
can both be simultaneously enhanced.
‘the other’ that which is distinguishable from ‘the self’ in the construction of social
identities, such as nationality.
totalitarianism autocratic rule in which the citizen is totally subject to the state.
total war war in which civilians are targeted as well as military and state targets.
trade preferences preferential terms of trade (e.g. lower tariff payments) granted
to certain countries.
transnational linking societies in different countries.
unilateral one (state) alone.
utilitarian driven by the aim of maximizing the utility of something. Term most
used in International Relations in situations where governments cooperate to
reap mutual material gains.
value-free enquiry which is objective and not influenced by the enquirer’s own
opinions.
Westphalian pertaining to the sovereign state system (named after the 1648 Treaty
of Westphalia at which the concept of sovereignty is considered to have
originated).
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