Nye-Keohane: Transnational Relations and World Politics

pp XII-XXII

Before you read

I. Think over the following questions

  1. What do you know about the authors of the text? What is their contribution to the theory of international relations? Have you read anything by these authors before? (Joseph S. Nye Jr, Robert Owen Keohane)
  2. Skim the text very quickly and say who it is intended for.
  3. What is the register of the text?

II. Do some Internet research and look up the information on the following:

  • global interactions

While you read

Read the text carefully, pencil in hand and

  • find the following words in the text; try to guess their meanings using the context

tangible/intangible (adj)

autonomous/ quasi-autonomous (adj)

dependence/interdependence (noun)

concomitant (adj)

precursor (noun)

impinge (verb)

foster (verb)

countervail (verb)

encompass (verb)

emerge (verb)

  • find Russian equivalents of the words above
  • match the words from the list with their less formal synonyms
tangiblepredecessor
concomitant encourage
precursor counterbalance
impinge material
foster include
countervail appear
encompass intrude
emerge accompanying 
  • match the collocations from the text:
divergentforce
countervailingstate policies
concomitant benefit
distinctiveitems
to facilitatetypes
to encompass trend
to impinge on relations
precursor ofthe phenomenon
tangibleeffect
to distinguishfunds

Read the text again and elucidate on the following notions:

paradigm

ascribe

arbitrary

approximation

reintroduce

dimension

contention

domain

intercourse

expertise

After you read

I. Answer the following questions:

  1. What four major types are of global interaction are mentioned in the chapter?

II. Summarise the ideas of the chapter. Assess the text critically according to the following criteria:

  • novelty (have you learned anything new?)
  • relevance (is this information relevant? Will it be of any use in your own research paper?)
  • complexity (was it hard to grasp the main ideas of the text?)