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Theory of international relations 6-10

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Theory of international relations Chapter 6-10

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The lineage of classical realism is said to have begun with:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Niccolo Machiavelli.

  • Thucydides.

  • Hans Morgenthau.

  • Kenneth Waltz.

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The code of conduct that state leaders should follow in their foreign affairs is known as:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • survival

  • Self-help

  • raison d'être.

  • raison d'état.

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The condition of the international system, having no overarching central authority above the individual collection of sovereign states, is known as:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • anarchy.

  • political community.

  • international system.

  • sovereignty

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Classical realism represents power politics as a result of:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • International relations.

  • state sovereignty

  • human behaviour

  • anarchy

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Defensive realism proposes that states are generally more concerned with:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • security.

  • zero-sum game.

  • absolute gains.

  • relative gains.

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A branch of modern realism that sees institutions as playing an important role is called:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • rational choice realism.

  • neo-classical realism.

  • neo-liberalism.

  • neo-realism.

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Kenneth Waltz tries to overcome the problem of realism's weak definition of the meaning of power by shifting the focus from power to:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • capabilities.

  • relative gains.

  • sovereignty.

  • cooperation.

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Frage 8 von 50

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Which of the following is not a pillar of essential realism?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Statism

  • Sovereignty

  • Survival

  • Self-help

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Frage 9 von 50

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The idea that the “strong do as they will and the weak accept what they must” comes from:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Schweller.

  • Machiavelli.

  • game theory.

  • Thucydides

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Frage 10 von 50

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Kenneth Waltz argues that the key difference between domestic and international orders lies in their:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • wealth distribution.

  • ideology.

  • structure.

  • security.

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Frage 11 von 50

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Which of the following is not considered a key liberal value?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Tolerance

  • Freedom

  • Order

  • Constitutionalism

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Frage 12 von 50

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Liberals see the causes of war located in (amongst others):

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • anarchy

  • human nature

  • self-determination

  • imperialism

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In the 1990s Western state leaders proclaimed:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A New World Order

  • the end of History

  • that liberalism was a redundant ideology

  • an age of Realism

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Liberalism is a theory of both:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • freedom and authority.

  • government within states and good governance between them.

  • sovereignty and equality.

  • tolerance and balance of power.

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The writings of Bentham and Kant contain the seeds of core liberal ideas, particularly that:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • nations can get along.

  • wealth is the best means to bring about justice.

  • justice breeds freedom.

  • reason can deliver freedom and justice in international relations.

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Which of the following is not a definitive article of Kant's 'Perpetual Peace'?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The Civil Constitution of Every State shall be Republican

  • The Democratic Franchise shall be extended to each Citizen Equally

  • The Right of Nations shall be based on a Federation of Free States

  • Cosmopolitan Right shall be limited to Conditions of Universal Hospitality

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Frage 17 von 50

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Which word is missing from the following sentence: Richard Cobden's belief that _____ would create a more peaceful world order is a core idea of 19th century liberalism.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • freedom

  • justice

  • free trade

  • tolerance

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Frage 18 von 50

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What was the primary organ of the Idealist inter-war order?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The League of Nations

  • The United Nations

  • The Concert of Europe

  • The hegemonic influence of the US

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Frage 19 von 50

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What concept supposes that liberal states will not go to war with one another?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Sovereign equality of states

  • Balance of power

  • Democratic peace thesis

  • Republican constitutionalism

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Those liberals who place great importance on the civilizing capacity of global society are often known as:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • classical liberals.

  • neo-liberals.

  • reform liberals.

  • radical liberals.

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Frage 21 von 50

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For neo-liberal institutionalists, the core research question is:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • to understand the role of non-state actors in globalization.

  • how to promote cooperation in an anarchic, competitive international system.

  • how to assess the relative capabilities of the Great Powers.

  • how to design effective international institutions.

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For neo-realists, the most critical problem presented by anarchy is:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • survival

  • conflict

  • cheating

  • security

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Defensive neo-realists suggest that our assumptions of a state's relations with other states depend on:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • their status within the international system.

  • whether or not they are liberal states.

  • their relative capabilities.

  • their security.

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For offensive neo-realists, the most important thing to states is:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • absolute power.

  • security

  • relative power

  • sovereignty

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For 'security neo-realists', the 2003 Iraq War was unnecessary because:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • America had their chance to topple Saddam Hussein in 1991.

  • thousands of civilians would be killed.

  • America was in danger of over-extending itself.

  • containment of Iraq was working effectively.

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Frage 26 von 50

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Which of the following is not a variety of contemporary Liberalism?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Constitutional

  • Commercial

  • Republican

  • Sociological

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The roots of neo-liberal institutionalism are found in:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the writings of Immanuel Kant.

  • the functional integration scholarship of the 1940s and 1950s.

  • realism

  • Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points.

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Neo-liberals believe the greatest obstacle to cooperation among states is:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • arms build-up.

  • weak institutions.

  • cheating (non-compliance).

  • cultural and linguistic misunderstandings.

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Frage 29 von 50

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The liberal institutional scholarship of the 1970s that suggested that the world had become more pluralistic in terms of actors involved in international interactions is known as:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • neo-liberal institutionalism.

  • commercial liberalism.

  • pluralism

  • complex interdependence.

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While neo-realism and neo-liberalism have a lot in common, neo-realism tends to focus more on:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • security and military issues.

  • environmental issues.

  • economic issues.

  • human rights.

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Frage 31 von 50

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The vast bulk of Marx’s theoretical efforts consisted of a painstaking analysis of capitalism as a:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • world economics system.

  • mode of production.

  • theory of hegemony.

  • tool of emancipation.

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Frage 32 von 50

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The scholar who deals with globalization theory is

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Rosenberg

  • Waltz

  • Marz

  • Gramsci

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Frage 33 von 50

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The Marxist approach is often known as:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Communist theory

  • imperialist doctrine

  • historical materialism

  • the base-superstructure model

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Modern Marxist analyses of international relations aim to reveal the hidden workings of:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the relations of production.

  • the means of production.

  • the superstructure.

  • global capitalism

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According to Marx, the central dynamic to be understood is the tension between the means of production and relations of production that together form:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the economic base of a given society.

  • capitalism.

  • the mode of production.

  • the political system of a given society.

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In the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels famously argued that ‘the history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • war and peace' .

  • class struggle .

  • survival.

  • ideasl

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Marx was committed to the cause of which of the following?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Communism.

  • The ' global South' .

  • Emancipation.

  • The proletariat.

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According to Gramsci, the mutually reinforcing and reciprocal relationships between the socio-economic relations and political and cultural practices that together underpin a given order is known as which of the following?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Hegemonic order.

  • World system

  • Mode of production.

  • Historic bloc.

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According to this chapter, the adoption of neo-liberal policies is the result or an example of:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the effect of capitalims

  • American hegemonic power

  • the core-periphery distinction

  • the theory of contradictions

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The main body of Critical Theory has emerged from which school of international relations?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The Frankfurt School

  • The Italian School

  • The English School

  • The Oxford University School

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What term is not generally associated with constructivist thought?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Structuration

  • Individualism

  • Reflectivism

  • Social theory

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To explain its differences with the ‘neos’, constructivism has sometimes been contrasted with:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • rational choice.

  • social theory.

  • individualism and norms.

  • historical materialism.

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According to constructivists, what shapes the identity and interests of actors such as states?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Normative structure

  • Anarchy

  • Level of capabilities (i.e., military)

  • International treaties and institutions

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The three stages of the life cycle of norms, according to Finnemore and Sikkink are:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Norm emergence, Norm cascade and Norm internalization.

  • Norm beginning, Norm middle and Norm end.

  • Norm emergence, Norm development and Norm internalization.

  • None of the above is correct.

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What is the core observation of constructivism?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The constraints of anarchy on the society of states

  • The social construction of reality

  • The constitutive nature of world order

  • The shaping of ideational forces

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Constructivists argue that knowledge shapes how actors interpret and construct their:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • World

  • Norms

  • social reality

  • normative structures

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______ offered the timeless insight that ‘… we are cultural beings with the capacity and will to take a deliberate attitude toward the world and lend it significance.’

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Max Weber

  • John Ruggie

  • Kenneth Walt

  • Alexander Wendt

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Constitutive theory is a particular sort of:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • social theory.

  • critical theory.

  • explanatory theory

  • causal theory

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Rational choice treats actors as:

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • social

  • pre-social

  • material

  • ideational.

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For constructivists, actors follow.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • paths determined by strategic interaction

  • the logic of consequences

  • the logic of appropriateness

  • irrational courses of action

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