Chapter 14, Power Among Nations

Thomas R. Dye and Brigid C. Harrison.  Power and Society: An Introduction to the Social Sciences.  10^th edition.  Wadsworth, 2005.

See also the publisher’s companion website for the book:

www.politicalscience.wadsworth.com/dye10

I recommend that you begin your work on the chapter by considering the learning outcomes in “About This Chapter” and “For Discussion” (see comments below).  As you do this you will become familiar with much of the key information in the chapter.  Then consider the “Important Key Features” identified below.  Then, and not before then, work on the lists of technical terms and names; much of the material should already have become familiar to you.

About This Chapter (385)

You should be capable of doing each of the things the book says you should be able to do.  Be sure to incorporate material from the class lecture.

For Discussion (385)

A good way to test how well you have learned the material in this chapter is to outline possible answers to the discussion questions.  A good way to test how well you have learned the material in this chapter is to outline possible answers to the discussion questions. Questions 1-2 could be the basis of brief essay-type questions on the exam.

Technical Terms You Should Know (in order in which they appear in chapter)

Terms like these might be included on the exam.  More important, they are terms you should become familiar with as part of your social-science education.

TECHNICAL TERMS FROM LECTURE

World-system

State

Nation-state

Sovereignty

Core-regions

Periphery

Semi-periphery

Economic development

Human Development Index

High/middle/low income countries

Self-sufficiency

Modernization theory

Dependency Theory