When these other countries, in turn, also find themselves dependent on the first country
Interdependence
Power comes from____ in interdependence
asymmetries
____ gains are the actual gains that states make
Absolute
___ gains are gains that a state makes in comparison with its rivals
Relative
the power of an IO to legitimately speak as the official international voice with respect to its issue-area in order to get both people and states to pay attention to it
Moral authority
Moral authority provided two routes through which IOs are empowered
1. The ability to shame
2. Political entrepreneurship
Ability to set the agenda
Second face of power
The power to shape the way people think about issues
Third face of power
Creation of institutional bureaucracies and procedures
Institutional power
Focuses on the structure, organization, and bureaucratic hierarchy of IO’s.