Quizzes Chap 10 + 11
What is a fragile state?
A state that is on the brink of losing its capacity to maintain basic order
The concept of a security dilemma presumes that politics between and among states occurs in an international system that is generally assumed to be __________.
Anarchic
Which country, especially under the leadership of Mao Zedong, illustrates how the political system can be a major source of change?
China
Which of the following is an example of a country that has developed economically but is not a democracy?
China
What did Karl Marx believe to be the ultimate stage of development?
Communism
Which view sees neither realism nor liberalism as adequately sensitive to the socially constructed nature of identities and norms that shape beliefs and guide actions?
Constructivism
"Key actors in a state will develop unique understandings of events because each event is socially constructed." This argument is most likely to be made by a(n) __________.
Constructivist
According to Freedom House (2018), the last twelve years have been years of __________ for democracy worldwide.
Crisis
According to analysts who dispute the validity of the dependency approach, the economic success of some developing Asian countries suggests that
Cultural factors are more crucial to development than the level of dependence on other states
Political __________ is evident in high levels of strikes, violent crimes, riots, and rebellion.
Decay
The process of political development typically involves changes in __________.
Economic and social development
According to Keohane and Nye (2000), the four major domains of globalization are economic, social and cultural, military, and __________.
Environmental
The Geneva Convention is an example of the creation of positivist law, as opposed to natural law, because it is __________.
Explicit and written
What is the meaning of the French expression translated as, "The more things change, the more they stay the same"?
Fundamentals of human life and the challenges that a govt faces remain relatively constant
The existence of the oil-rich states of the Middle East is important to geopolitical analysis because of its focus on the significance of their unique __________ in relation to other countries.
Geography
According to Thomas Friedman, what new international system emerged after the end of the Cold War?
Globalization
What is the primary argument against globalization as it relates to allocation of benefits?
Globalization benefits the most powerful economic actors
What is the primary argument in favor of globalization as it relates to production and goods?
Globalization leads to lower priced and higher quality goods
Immanuel Kant, Charles Darwin, and Isaac Newton all believed that increased knowledge and environmental control __________.
Improve the human condition
Who said, "Seek ye first the political kingdom, and all else shall be added unto you"?
Kwame Nkrumah
The arms race between the United States and the USSR that produced nuclear arsenals capable of massive, even total, annihilation of humankind was a situation of __________.
Mutually assured destruction
The opposite of statism and state capitalism is __________.
Neoliberalism
Which approach to nonconflictual behavior involves remaining impartial and refraining from offering support for or opposition to states involved in conflict?
Neutrality
Which philosophers argued that change and development can have negative effects—perhaps so negative that change is undesirable?
Plato, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Sigmund Freud
When a state experiences a significant decline in the capabilities of the political system and its level of political institutionalization, especially in its capacity to maintain order, what is this called?
Political decay
Max Weber's classic study linked the rise of capitalist political economies to the culture of __________.
Protestant religions
The idea of power being zero-sum is associated with which school of international relations theory?
Realism
Several countries getting together on a multilateral basis to ban economic transactions with businesses in a particular country is an example of the use of __________.
Sanctions
Which form of colonialism exists when the interaction is based on pure, unapologetic exploitation?
Segregationist
The international consumption of U.S. popular culture—including music, movies, and art—is an aspect of America's __________ power.
Soft
Which of the following countries fail to fit well in the category of more developed, partly developed, or less developed?
Some resource-rich countries in Middle East and Africa
Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) have __________ as their members.
States
What is system transformation?
The change in a type of govt or economic system in a country
A perspective that claims that "late developers" face economic challenges due to their subordination to more developed countries is known as __________.
The dependency approach
Why have many countries chosen to adopt a neoliberal approach to economic development?
There are strong pressures from the international financial community to do so
Imagine a country with multiple different groups and sectors of society working together peacefully and constructively. This would speak to the existence of a strong civil society because there is __________.
Tolerance of differences in opinions and behaviors
MNCs are also known as TNCs because they are multinational and
Transnational
As the world is increasingly globalized, the state-centered system is evolving toward one in which __________ are extremely important.
Transnational entities
The concept of hegemony is associated with a __________ world construct.
Unipolar
In some countries, negative changes associated with development are called __________.
Westernization
Why do social scientists often avoid the concept of modernization?
What is "modern" depends very much on the particular historical moment
