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The lineage of classical realism is said to have begun with:
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Niccolo Machiavelli.
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Thucydides.
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Hans Morgenthau.
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Kenneth Waltz.
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The code of conduct that state leaders should follow in their foreign affairs is known as:
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survival
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Self-help
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raison d'être.
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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:
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anarchy.
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political community.
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international system.
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sovereignty
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Classical realism represents power politics as a result of:
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International relations.
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state sovereignty
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human behaviour
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anarchy
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Defensive realism proposes that states are generally more concerned with:
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security.
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zero-sum game.
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absolute gains.
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relative gains.
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A branch of modern realism that sees institutions as playing an important role is called:
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rational choice realism.
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neo-classical realism.
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neo-liberalism.
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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:
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capabilities.
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relative gains.
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sovereignty.
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cooperation.
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Which of the following is not a pillar of essential realism?
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Statism
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Sovereignty
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Survival
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Self-help
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The idea that the “strong do as they will and the weak accept what they must” comes from:
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Schweller.
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Machiavelli.
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game theory.
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Thucydides
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Kenneth Waltz argues that the key difference between domestic and international orders lies in their:
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wealth distribution.
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ideology.
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structure.
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security.
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Which of the following is not considered a key liberal value?
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Tolerance
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Freedom
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Order
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Constitutionalism
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Liberals see the causes of war located in (amongst others):
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anarchy
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human nature
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self-determination
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imperialism
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In the 1990s Western state leaders proclaimed:
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Liberalism is a theory of both:
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freedom and authority.
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government within states and good governance between them.
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sovereignty and equality.
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tolerance and balance of power.
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The writings of Bentham and Kant contain the seeds of core liberal ideas, particularly that:
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Which of the following is not a definitive article of Kant's 'Perpetual Peace'?
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The Civil Constitution of Every State shall be Republican
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The Democratic Franchise shall be extended to each Citizen Equally
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The Right of Nations shall be based on a Federation of Free States
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Cosmopolitan Right shall be limited to Conditions of Universal Hospitality
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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.
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freedom
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justice
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free trade
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tolerance
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What was the primary organ of the Idealist inter-war order?
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What concept supposes that liberal states will not go to war with one another?
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Those liberals who place great importance on the civilizing capacity of global society are often known as:
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classical liberals.
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neo-liberals.
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reform liberals.
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radical liberals.
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For neo-liberal institutionalists, the core research question is:
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to understand the role of non-state actors in globalization.
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how to promote cooperation in an anarchic, competitive international system.
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how to assess the relative capabilities of the Great Powers.
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how to design effective international institutions.
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For neo-realists, the most critical problem presented by anarchy is:
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survival
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conflict
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cheating
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security
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Defensive neo-realists suggest that our assumptions of a state's relations with other states depend on:
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their status within the international system.
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whether or not they are liberal states.
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their relative capabilities.
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their security.
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For offensive neo-realists, the most important thing to states is:
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absolute power.
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security
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relative power
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sovereignty
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For 'security neo-realists', the 2003 Iraq War was unnecessary because:
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America had their chance to topple Saddam Hussein in 1991.
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thousands of civilians would be killed.
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America was in danger of over-extending itself.
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containment of Iraq was working effectively.
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Which of the following is not a variety of contemporary Liberalism?
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Constitutional
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Commercial
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Republican
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Sociological
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The roots of neo-liberal institutionalism are found in:
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the writings of Immanuel Kant.
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the functional integration scholarship of the 1940s and 1950s.
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realism
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Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points.
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Neo-liberals believe the greatest obstacle to cooperation among states is:
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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:
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While neo-realism and neo-liberalism have a lot in common, neo-realism tends to focus more on:
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The vast bulk of Marx’s theoretical efforts consisted of a painstaking analysis of capitalism as a:
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world economics system.
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mode of production.
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theory of hegemony.
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tool of emancipation.
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The scholar who deals with globalization theory is
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Rosenberg
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Waltz
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Marz
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Gramsci
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The Marxist approach is often known as:
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Modern Marxist analyses of international relations aim to reveal the hidden workings of:
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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:
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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:
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war and peace' .
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class struggle .
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survival.
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ideasl
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Marx was committed to the cause of which of the following?
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Communism.
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The ' global South' .
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Emancipation.
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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?
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Hegemonic order.
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World system
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Mode of production.
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Historic bloc.
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According to this chapter, the adoption of neo-liberal policies is the result or an example of:
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The main body of Critical Theory has emerged from which school of international relations?
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What term is not generally associated with constructivist thought?
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Structuration
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Individualism
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Reflectivism
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Social theory
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To explain its differences with the ‘neos’, constructivism has sometimes been contrasted with:
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rational choice.
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social theory.
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individualism and norms.
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historical materialism.
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According to constructivists, what shapes the identity and interests of actors such as states?
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The three stages of the life cycle of norms, according to Finnemore and Sikkink are:
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Norm emergence, Norm cascade and Norm internalization.
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Norm beginning, Norm middle and Norm end.
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Norm emergence, Norm development and Norm internalization.
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None of the above is correct.
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What is the core observation of constructivism?
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The constraints of anarchy on the society of states
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The social construction of reality
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The constitutive nature of world order
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The shaping of ideational forces
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Constructivists argue that knowledge shapes how actors interpret and construct their:
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World
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Norms
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social reality
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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.’
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Max Weber
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John Ruggie
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Kenneth Walt
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Alexander Wendt
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Constitutive theory is a particular sort of:
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social theory.
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critical theory.
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explanatory theory
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causal theory
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Rational choice treats actors as:
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social
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pre-social
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material
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ideational.
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For constructivists, actors follow.
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paths determined by strategic interaction
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the logic of consequences
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the logic of appropriateness
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irrational courses of action