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Theory of international relations Chapter 6-10

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Theory of international relations 6-10
Janneke Hulst
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Question 1

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The lineage of classical realism is said to have begun with:
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  • Niccolo Machiavelli.
  • Thucydides.
  • Hans Morgenthau.
  • Kenneth Waltz.

Question 2

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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
  • Self-help
  • raison d'être.
  • raison d'état.

Question 3

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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.
  • political community.
  • international system.
  • sovereignty

Question 4

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Classical realism represents power politics as a result of:
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  • International relations.
  • state sovereignty
  • human behaviour
  • anarchy

Question 5

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Defensive realism proposes that states are generally more concerned with:
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  • security.
  • zero-sum game.
  • absolute gains.
  • relative gains.

Question 6

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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.
  • neo-classical realism.
  • neo-liberalism.
  • neo-realism.

Question 7

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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.
  • relative gains.
  • sovereignty.
  • cooperation.

Question 8

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Which of the following is not a pillar of essential realism?
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  • Statism
  • Sovereignty
  • Survival
  • Self-help

Question 9

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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.
  • Machiavelli.
  • game theory.
  • Thucydides

Question 10

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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.
  • ideology.
  • structure.
  • security.

Question 11

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Which of the following is not considered a key liberal value?
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  • Tolerance
  • Freedom
  • Order
  • Constitutionalism

Question 12

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Liberals see the causes of war located in (amongst others):
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  • anarchy
  • human nature
  • self-determination
  • imperialism

Question 13

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In the 1990s Western state leaders proclaimed:
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  • A New World Order
  • the end of History
  • that liberalism was a redundant ideology
  • an age of Realism

Question 14

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Liberalism is a theory of both:
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  • freedom and authority.
  • government within states and good governance between them.
  • sovereignty and equality.
  • tolerance and balance of power.

Question 15

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

Question 16

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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
  • 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

Question 17

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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
  • justice
  • free trade
  • tolerance

Question 18

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What was the primary organ of the Idealist inter-war order?
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  • The League of Nations
  • The United Nations
  • The Concert of Europe
  • The hegemonic influence of the US

Question 19

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What concept supposes that liberal states will not go to war with one another?
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  • Sovereign equality of states
  • Balance of power
  • Democratic peace thesis
  • Republican constitutionalism

Question 20

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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.
  • neo-liberals.
  • reform liberals.
  • radical liberals.

Question 21

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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.
  • 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.

Question 22

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For neo-realists, the most critical problem presented by anarchy is:
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  • survival
  • conflict
  • cheating
  • security

Question 23

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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.
  • whether or not they are liberal states.
  • their relative capabilities.
  • their security.

Question 24

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For offensive neo-realists, the most important thing to states is:
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  • absolute power.
  • security
  • relative power
  • sovereignty

Question 25

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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.
  • thousands of civilians would be killed.
  • America was in danger of over-extending itself.
  • containment of Iraq was working effectively.

Question 26

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Which of the following is not a variety of contemporary Liberalism?
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  • Constitutional
  • Commercial
  • Republican
  • Sociological

Question 27

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The roots of neo-liberal institutionalism are found in:
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  • the writings of Immanuel Kant.
  • the functional integration scholarship of the 1940s and 1950s.
  • realism
  • Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points.

Question 28

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Neo-liberals believe the greatest obstacle to cooperation among states is:
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  • arms build-up.
  • weak institutions.
  • cheating (non-compliance).
  • cultural and linguistic misunderstandings.

Question 29

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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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  • neo-liberal institutionalism.
  • commercial liberalism.
  • pluralism
  • complex interdependence.

Question 30

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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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  • security and military issues.
  • environmental issues.
  • economic issues.
  • human rights.

Question 31

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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.
  • mode of production.
  • theory of hegemony.
  • tool of emancipation.

Question 32

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The scholar who deals with globalization theory is
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  • Rosenberg
  • Waltz
  • Marz
  • Gramsci

Question 33

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The Marxist approach is often known as:
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  • Communist theory
  • imperialist doctrine
  • historical materialism
  • the base-superstructure model

Question 34

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Modern Marxist analyses of international relations aim to reveal the hidden workings of:
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  • the relations of production.
  • the means of production.
  • the superstructure.
  • global capitalism

Question 35

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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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  • the economic base of a given society.
  • capitalism.
  • the mode of production.
  • the political system of a given society.

Question 36

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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' .
  • class struggle .
  • survival.
  • ideasl

Question 37

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Marx was committed to the cause of which of the following?
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  • Communism.
  • The ' global South' .
  • Emancipation.
  • The proletariat.

Question 38

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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.
  • World system
  • Mode of production.
  • Historic bloc.

Question 39

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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 effect of capitalims
  • American hegemonic power
  • the core-periphery distinction
  • the theory of contradictions

Question 40

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The main body of Critical Theory has emerged from which school of international relations?
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  • The Frankfurt School
  • The Italian School
  • The English School
  • The Oxford University School

Question 41

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What term is not generally associated with constructivist thought?
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  • Structuration
  • Individualism
  • Reflectivism
  • Social theory

Question 42

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To explain its differences with the ‘neos’, constructivism has sometimes been contrasted with:
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  • rational choice.
  • social theory.
  • individualism and norms.
  • historical materialism.

Question 43

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According to constructivists, what shapes the identity and interests of actors such as states?
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  • Normative structure
  • Anarchy
  • Level of capabilities (i.e., military)
  • International treaties and institutions

Question 44

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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.
  • Norm beginning, Norm middle and Norm end.
  • Norm emergence, Norm development and Norm internalization.
  • None of the above is correct.

Question 45

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What is the core observation of constructivism?
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  • 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

Question 46

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Constructivists argue that knowledge shapes how actors interpret and construct their:
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  • World
  • Norms
  • social reality
  • normative structures

Question 47

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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
  • John Ruggie
  • Kenneth Walt
  • Alexander Wendt

Question 48

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Constitutive theory is a particular sort of:
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  • social theory.
  • critical theory.
  • explanatory theory
  • causal theory

Question 49

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Rational choice treats actors as:
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  • social
  • pre-social
  • material
  • ideational.

Question 50

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For constructivists, actors follow.
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  • paths determined by strategic interaction
  • the logic of consequences
  • the logic of appropriateness
  • irrational courses of action
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