naturalist school of lawHumans, by nature, have certain rights and obligations. Lockian thought.negative correlationan inverse association between two variables. As one variable become larger, the other one becomes smaller.negotiationThe process of formal bargaining, usually with the parties talking back and forth across a table.neocolonialismThe notion that EDCs continue to control and exploit LDCs through indirect means, such as economic dominance and co-opting the local elite.neocorporatismA system of social democratic policy making in which a limited number of organizations representing business and labor work with the state to set economic policy.neo-imperialisma pejorative label given to a variety of attempts to achieve hegemony over other nations; some people tend to use the term to describe the use of corporate power and wealth to gain influence in Third World countries; others use it to describe attempts by international organizations to impose change upon rich and powerful nationsneoliberalismShorthand for “neoliberal institutionalism†, an approach that stresses the importance of international institutions in reducing the inherent conflict that realists assume in an international system; the reasoning is based on the core liberal idea that seeking long-term mutual gains is often more rational than maximizing individual short-term gains.neorealismA version of realist theory that emphasizes the influence on state behavior of the system’s structure, especially the international distribution of power.Neutrality actnewly-industrializing countriesnation-states that began developing economic industrial sectors relatively recentlyNGOA national or international group, independent of any state, that pursues policy objectives and fosters public participation.NICsNewly industrialized countries - Less developed countries whose economies and whose trade now include significant amounts of manufactured products. As a result, these countries have a per capita GDP significantly higher than the average per capita GDP for less developed countries.Night of the long Knives1934 - Purge of Nazi leaders by Adolf Hitler. Fearing that the paramilitary SA had become too powerful, Hitler ordered his elite SS guards to murder the organization's leaders, including Ernst Röhm. Also killed that night were hundreds of other perceived opponents of Hitler, including Kurt von Schleicher and Gregor Strasser.nonaligned movementMovement of third world states, led by India and Yugoslavia, that attempted to stand apart from the U.S.-Soviet rivalry during the Cold War.nonstate actorsActors other than state governments that operate either below the level of the state (that is, within states) or across state borders.
