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Course Introduction
Introduction to Political Science offers a foundational exploration of the systems, concepts, and forces that shape government and politics on local, national, and global levels. This course introduces students to the core ideas of political theory, the structure and function of political institutions, the dynamics of political behavior, and the processes underlying public policy and international relations. Through examining power, political ideologies, comparative politics, and the role of citizens, students gain the analytical tools necessary to understand and critically assess contemporary political issues and debates.
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International Politics Power and Purpose in Global Affairs 3rd Edition by Paul D'Anieri
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Chapter 1: Introduction: Problems and Questions in International Politics
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Q1) One could assume that "political science" is a science in the same way as physics or chemistry. Obviously, it is not, but there are some ways in which we can examine international politics from a "scientific" perspective. What are some of these ways?
Answer: Some ways in which we can examine international politics from a "scientific" perspective include using empirical evidence and data analysis to understand patterns and trends in political behavior and decision-making. This can involve conducting surveys, experiments, and case studies to gather information and test hypotheses. Additionally, applying theoretical frameworks and models from social science disciplines such as economics, sociology, and psychology can help to explain and predict political phenomena. Furthermore, employing rigorous research methods and peer review processes can contribute to the development of a more systematic and objective understanding of international politics. While political science may not be a natural science like physics or chemistry, it can still strive to be scientific in its approach to studying and explaining political phenomena.
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Chapter 2: The Historical Evolution of International Politics
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Q1) The "new international economic order" proposed to A) allow the World Bank to determine unfair trade barriers.
B) establish gold as the international medium of exchange.
C) permit developing countries to set high tariffs on goods from developed countries.
D) use international trade to distribute power and wealth from rich countries to poor ones.
Answer: D
Q2) The collapse of communism led to
A) a new wave of democratization that was characterized by many successful transitions to democracy and very few failures.
B) a new wave of democratization that led to some successful transitions to democracy and other less than successful transitions that ended in authoritarian regimes.
C) the end of conflict as many had anticipated.
D) increased terrorism around the world.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Theories of International Relations: Realism and Liberalism
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Q1) __________ argues that the basic characteristics of international relations have not changed over the past 2500 years.
A) Liberalism
B) Idealism
C) Realism
D) Complex interdependency
Answer: C
Q2) The theory that argues that states are not the only important actors in the world and focuses on the substate level of analysis is
A) democratic peace theory
B) liberal institutionalist theory
C) hegemonic stability theory
D) complex interdependence theory.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Theories of International Relations: Economic
Structuralism, Constructivism, and Feminism
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Q1) Gender is the analytical concept that is defined as
A) a socially constructed set of ideas that are attached to genetic and physiological traits.
B) the sexual relations between men and women.
C) an emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectionate attraction toward others.
D) self-perceived sexual identity.
Q2) Economic determinism implies
A) money is the root of all evil.
B) national economic well-being is of secondary importance.
C) behavior is driven by economic motivations.
D) the pursuit of wealth is the state's primary goal.
Q3) According to constructivism, norms are important because they
A) affect the distribution of power in the international system.
B) create more democracies leading to a more peaceful world.
C) emphasize the importance of non-interference.
D) are a crucial factor in shaping the behavior of international actors.
Q4) How has feminist theory influenced the study of international politics? How are women's lives affected by international politics?
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Q5) What are the three schools of thought within feminist theory? How do they compare to each other?
Chapter 5: The State, Society, and Foreign Policy
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Q1) The democratic peace argument that focuses on the politics of compromise and commitment to promise is a
A) structural explanation.
B) normative explanation.
C) rational choice explanation.
D) simple democratic model.
Q2) What is the structural argument that supports the view that democracies do not go to war with each other?
A) It focuses on the way that democracies often find it easier to reach compromise with each other.
B) It asserts that democracies have a respect for each other that they do not have for non-democratic states.
C) As democracies are very successful at fighting wars, democratic politicians are worried that they might lose a war with another democracy, which would make them vulnerable in upcoming elections, so they fear going to war with other democracies.
D) It states that the three branches of government in a democracy and the related checks and balances make it much less likely for two democracies to enter into war with each other.
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Chapter 6: Bureaucracies, Groups, and Individuals in the Foreign Policy Process
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Q1) In the case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2004), the U.S. Supreme Court
A) argued that Secretary of State Rumsfeld overstepped his powers by allowing for the torture of this Syrian citizen.
B) rejected Hamdan's arguments that, as a U.S. citizen, he had legal rights that protected him from detention without trial.
C) agreed that Hamdan could sue the U.S. government for medical damages he obtained on the battlefield in Afghanistan.
D) supported Hamdan's view that, as a U.S. citizen, he had legal rights that needed to be protected.
Q2) If President Obama obtained information that did not support his decision to continue negotiations with Iran over their alleged nuclear weapons program, and he dismissed that information as irrelevant, this would be an example of which concept?
A) Bolstering
B) Groupthink
C) Unmotivated bias
D) Cognitive dissonance
Q3) What is cognitive dissonance? What problems can it cause in decision making?
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Chapter 7: International Organizations and Transnational Actors
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Q1) How do transnational corporations help a country's level of development? How do they hinder a country's development?
Q2) Discuss the historical evolution of the European Union. What were the main motivating factors behind the creation and growth of the European Union?
Q3) A founding principle of the United Nations highlights the importance of A) global peace.
B) economic development.
C) nongovernmental organizations.
D) state sovereignty.
Q4) Half of the European Union budget consists of A) military expansion.
B) agricultural subsidies.
C) social welfare expenditures.
D) education and health expenditures.
Q5) The European Commission is analogous to A) the cabinet in a domestic government.
B) the executive branch in a domestic government.
C) the legislature in a domestic government.
D) the Supreme Court in a domestic government.
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Chapter 8: International Insecurity and the Causes of War and Peace
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Q1) In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Prussia was able to effectively use which of the following to great effect?
A) Machine guns
B) Tanks
C) Railroads
D) Barbed wire
Q2) Which arms control treaty led to the restriction on states without nuclear weapons from obtaining them?
A) Salt II Treaty
B) Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
C) START I Treaty
D) Anti-Ballistic Missiles Treaty
Q3) Which of the following was not a reason for the Sudanese civil war?
A) Conflict over diamonds in the south of the country
B) Religious conflict between the Arab, Muslim north and the animist or Christian south
C) Disputes over limited land resources
D) Clash over control of oil resources
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Chapter 9: The Use of Force
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Q1) The policy that convinces an opponent that the costs of attacking would be higher than the perceived benefits is known as
A) defense.
B) retaliation.
C) bluffing.
D) deterrence.
Q2) Insurgents especially need the support of the civilian population because they
A) receive tax support from the noncombatants.
B) draft civilians into their insurgency.
C) are able to freely move behind enemy lines and live among civilians.
D) provide leadership, build schools, and create economic opportunities for civilians.
Q3) Which approach to explaining the causes of terrorism is most effective at defining the roots causes?
A) System-level approaches
B) Individual-level approaches
C) Societal-level approaches
D) None of these is more effective than the others.
Q4) List and briefly describe the five different categories of weapons of mass destruction.
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Chapter 10: Fundamentals of International Political Economy
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Q1) Why might U.S. citizens be concerned with the U.S.-Chinese trade relationship? How can the United States obtain greater leverage over the Chinese in this relationship?
Q2) When the trade balance is zero,
A) it means that no foreign countries wish to purchase your exports.
B) your country is exporting more than it is importing.
C) the economy is importing exactly as much as it exports.
D) countries that owe you money for your exports still need to pay up.
Q3) Which Chinese leader recognized that market forces were needed to foster economic growth in China?
A) Mao Zedong
B) Deng Xiaoping
C) Chiang Kai-shek
D) Sun Yat-sen
Q4) The term that refers to the reduction of the general level of prices in an economy is
A) devaluation.
B) depression.
C) depreciation.
D) deflation.
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Chapter 11: The Globalization of Trade and Finance
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Q1) One major problem of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was the exclusion of certain classes of products. One of the most significant classes of product originally excluded from GATT was
A) agricultural.
B) manufactured.
C) automotive.
D) pharmaceuticals.
Q2) The one global group that does not play a significant role in trade politics is A) manufacturers.
B) consumers.
C) workers.
D) environmentalists.
Q3) The primary change from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to the World Trade Organization (WTO) focused on the ability of the WTO to
A) penalize the United States for any trade violation.
B) prohibit certain countries from seeking penalties against other countries.
C) allow states to challenge each other's laws at the WTO.
D) create an international trade police that was permitted to examine imported goods.
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Chapter 12: The Problem of Global Inequality
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Q1) Critically compare the three dominant strategies of economic development: import substitution, export-led growth, and state socialism. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each strategy?
Q2) After the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998, East Asian economics were exposed for corrupt close connections. The term coined by this corruption was A) Asian Tigers.
B) crony capitalism.
C) The Asian Kittens.
D) Hong Kong capitalism.
Q3) The success of China gives further support to A) the developmental state concept. B) protectionism.
C) the Washington Consensus.
D) export led growth.
Q4) The concept of good governance refers to A) a government that is led by moral leaders.
B) a transparent, accountable, and effective government.
C) all types of democracies.
D) democratically elected governments.
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Chapter 13: International Law, Norms, and Human Rights
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Q1) Which of the following statements is false?
A) The Westphalian system assumes that states control their own territory and citizens.
B) Human rights assume that rights are universal; however, a universal duty to protect is not assumed.
C) The Westphalian system assumes a territorial segmentation of authority.
D) Human rights assume that people have rights that states cannot deny and must protect.
Q2) Which of the following is not an argument against military intervention?
A) Intervention sometimes does not work.
B) Intervention only happens when it serves the interests of the interveners.
C) Intervention is illegal under international law.
D) None of the above is true.
Q3) According to the UN High Commission for Refugees, approximately how many refugees were there in the world in 2011?
A) 5.5 million
B) 10.5 million
C) 20.5 million
D) 50.5 million
Q4) What are the various sources of international law?
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Chapter 14: The Global Environment and International Politics
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Q1) What event caused Britain to pass its Clean Air Act in the mid-1950s?
A) The extinction of indigenous songbirds
B) A severe smog event in London
C) An oil spill in the North Sea
D) A toxic plume that was caused by a Liverpool foundry
Q2) Explore the connection between resource depletion and economic development. Is it fair to ask developing countries to constrain their development in order to create a more sustainable environment? Why or why not?
Q3) Which of the following is not a reason that wind farms are opposed?
A) They are unsightly.
B) They are not economical.
C) They cause noise pollution.
D) They disrupt migrating birds.
Q4) Which of the following pioneered the use of biofuels as a means of energy independence after the global energy crisis of 1973?
A) Canada
B) United States
C) Brazil
D) Venezuela
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Chapter 15: Conclusion: Power and Purpose in a Changing World
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Q1) As recently as the 1990s, most believed the primary threat in international politics came from
A) developing countries.
B) regional alliances.
C) terrorist groups.
D) states.
Q2) Discuss several of the emergent changes that may indeed be revolutionary for the current structure of international politics. To what extent do you accept the analysis that these changes are revolutionary?
Q3) One of the highlighted themes of this textbook is that the essential qualities of the twenty-first century international system are subject to considerable A) stasis.
B) violence.
C) uncertainty.
D) predictability.
Q4) What are some of the ways in which power and purpose are changing?
Q5) How has terrorism changed the way we deal with international politics?
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Q6) Do you agree or disagree with the assertion that globalization is inevitable? Why or why not?