Comparative Politics
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Course Introduction
Comparative Politics is an essential subfield of political science that examines and compares the political systems, institutions, processes, and behaviors of different countries. This course explores the methods and approaches used to analyze similarities and differences between governments, with a focus on understanding how political power is organized, exercised, and maintained across various regimes. Key themes include the study of democracies and authoritarian systems, public policy, state-society relations, political culture, and the impacts of globalization. Through case studies from diverse regions, students gain insights into contemporary political challenges and the factors shaping political change around the world.
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International Politics on the World Stage Brief 8th Edition by John T. Rourke
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Chapter 1: Thinking and Caring About World Politics
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Q1) The belief that states,just like individuals,can learn to form cooperative societies without giving up their individuality is known as
A) neoliberalism.
B) neorealism.
C) rational actor model.
D) traditional liberalism.
Answer: D
Q2) Which gas is commonly associated with the theoretical concept known as "global warming?"
A) nitrogen
B) carbon dioxide
C) hydrogen
D) helium
Answer: B
Q3) Why should Americans be concerned about the world's population?
Answer: The rapid rate of population growth threatens to change the quality of life as we know it because of pressures on limited resources.
Q4) List three different types of actors on the "world stage."
Answer: States,IGOs,NGOs,multinational corporations,or individuals
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Chapter 2: The Evolution of World Politics
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Q1) How might an emerging multipolar system compare with the previous condition of multipolarity that existed prior to World War II? In what ways is it similar? How is it different?
Answer: A good answer will compare features common to all multipolar systems,but also point out some of the following differences: today's role of nonstate actors; the increasing role of international law; interdependence; the weakening Western orientation of the system.Other well-argued points could certainly be acceptable.
Q2) Which of the following is an example of McWorld?
A) the dissolution of the Soviet Union
B) the Yugoslavian conflict
C) the emergence of the World Trade Organization
D) the emergence of the Slovak Republic
Answer: C
Q3) Collectively,developing and underdeveloped countries are also known as the Third World.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Levels of Analysis and Foreign Policy
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Q1) Why is the international system considered a state-centric system?
Answer: The international system has a horizontal authority structure based on the sovereignty of states.No overarching authority exists above the states.
Q2) There is a possibility that some differences in political behavior are related to gender.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The public support that President Bush received for the use of military force to fight terrorism following the September 11 attacks is known as a
A) crisis response.
B) rally effect.
C) leader-citizen opinion gap.
D) state-level response.
Answer: B
Q4) Territorial disputes between neighboring countries are a common cause of war. A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Nationalism: the Traditional Orientation
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Q1) What amount of the U.S.budget is allocated to foreign aid?
A) 10 percent
B) 1 percent
C) 20 percent
D) 15 percent
Q2) List several negative aspects of nationalism.
Q3) Nationalism is seen as an obstacle to economic development.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List two examples of stateless nations.
Q5) Which of the following is <i>not</i> a reason why existing states might hesitate to recognize groups seeking self-determination?
A) Self-determination has been completely discredited.
B) Through international law the international community becomes obligated to new states.
C) More states places greater strain on international economic assistance.
D) States may fear secessionist claims from groups within their own state.
Q6) Why is Afghanistan so fractious today?
Q7) What are some of the characteristics of nationhood?
Q8) Name three characteristics of a nation.
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Chapter 5: Globalization: the Alternative Orientation
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Q1) The level of global interconnectiveness is in large part due to advancements in communications and transportation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Women are politically active through which of the following channels?
A) the Internet
B) global conferences
C) transnational organizations
D) all of the above
Q3) Religion has played a role in conflicts in all of the following places <i>except</i>
A) The India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir.
B) Northern Ireland.
C) the Falkland Islands.
D) Kosovo.
Q4) Internet use in less developed countries has grown to nearly
A) 7%
B) 14%
C) 21%
D) 28%
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Chapter 6: Power, statecraft, and the National State: The Traditional Structure
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Q1) One argument that states are destructive rests on their tendency to kill their own citizens.How many people,according to one estimate,have died as a result of tyranny and genocide?
A) 800,000
B) 8 million
C) 80 million
D) 800 million
Q2) A major disadvantage of low level diplomacy is that it often closes off options and results in inflexible positions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) All of the following are true about the conditions surrounding the founding of Israel <i>except</i>
A) the United States recognized the state of Israel.
B) the Soviet Union recognized the state of Israel.
C) most Arab nations considered the new state the result of Zionist invaders.
D) its Arab neighbors immediately granted diplomatic recognition.
Q4) Briefly explain the two alternatives to national interest.
Q5) Identify four sources of state power.
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Q6) What diplomatic maneuvers can be used to make a strong stand on an issue?
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Chapter 7: Intergovernmental Organizations: Alternative Governance
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Q1) A supranational organization can best be described as an organization that
A) helps to coordinate all other organizations within any given state.
B) helps to coordinate all IGOs.
C) has legal authority over its members.
D) is contained within states.
Q2) Which of the following did the authors <i>not</i> list as a reason for growth in IGOs?
A) Increased international contact
B) The efforts of small states to gain strength through joint action
C) The expansion of transnational problems
D) The end of the Cold War.
Q3) In modern times,the first example of an IGO based on the goal of universal concern for improving the condition of humanity was the
A) Treaty of Westphalia.
B) Hague System.
C) League of Nations.
D) Treaty of Amsterdam.
Q4) List the four standards by which one may measure the success of IGOs.
Q5) Why might economic integration lead to political integration?
Q6) List the three types of budgets of the UN.What does each budget support?
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Chapter 8: International Law and Human Rights
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Q1) The decision by the United States to seek UN approval before acting in Afghanistan and Iraq reflects the
A) declining military power of the United States.
B) growing sensitivity to international norms of acceptable behavior.
C) universal acceptance of unilateral military action.
D) declining importance of international laws.
Q2) What are the sources of international law?
Q3) Nonadherence to the optional clause of the ICF statute entirely exempts a country from ICF jurisdiction.
A)True
B)False
Q4) UN efforts to advance human rights have been supplement by all of the following except
A) domestic courts
B) regional organizations
C) multinational corporations
D) nongovernmental organizations
Q5) Discuss the progress of human rights conventions.What international organizations and agencies have been at the forefront of advancing human rights?
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Chapter 9: Pursuing Security
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Q1) Which concept is behind the use of most international security forces?
A) collective security
B) collective stability
C) hegemonic stability
D) bilateral action
Q2) Which of the following is an individual-level cause of war?
A) Distribution of power
B) Externalization of internal conflict
C) Human aggression
D) Biosphere stress
Q3) An individual-level interpretation of terrorism argues that terrorism
A) is caused by U.S. support of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East.
B) is the product of the psychological drives of terrorists and terrorist leaders.
C) has been fueled by global economic inequality.
D) is based on traditional methods of warfare.
Q4) What are the two methods used to measure the effectiveness of war?
Q5) What are special operations?
Q6) Is pacifism a political philosophy that is out of touch with the realities of international politics? Discuss.
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Chapter 10: National Economic Competition: The Traditional Road
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Q1) Structuralists would argue that the current low price of oil is a result of A) an oversupply of oil and lower demand from consumers.
B) increased efforts by EDCs to produce more of their own oil.
C) manipulation of the market economy by oil producers and capitalist consumers.
D) economic sanctions placed on oil-producing countries by the United States.
Q2) The two groups who believe in economic structuralism are world systems theorists and
A) dependency theorists.
B) federalist theorists.
C) imperialist theorists.
D) neoimperialist theorists.
Q3) Identify and describe two tactics countries may use to support there domestic products on the international market.
Q4) Domestic subsidies are used by governments to
A) give an unfair competitive advantage to a domestic company or industry.
B) promote trade liberalization.
C) curb corporate corruption.
D) encourage companies to adopt better labor and environmental standards.
Q5) What is an multinational corporation (MNC)?
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Chapter 11: International Economics: The Alternative Road
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Q1) Advocates of free trade argue that LDCs benefit from adopting a free-trade philosophy for all of the following reasons <i>except</i> that
A) foreign investment directly aids economic development in LDCs.
B) free trade increases the volume of manufactured goods available in LDCs for export.
C) free trade raises the standard of living in LDCs.
D) free trade promotes world cooperation and decreases the amount of conflict in LDCs.
Q2) The shift in emphasis in economic cooperation to the problems of LDCs was prompted by all of the following developments except for
A) the return to prosperity in the North
B) the fear of rapid currency fluctuations caused by inequality.
C) rising awareness in the North regarding the plight of LDCs.
D) independence movements that ended colonization.
Q3) Economic regionalism
A) is not regulated by GATT.
B) may lead to greater protectionism and undermine global trade liberalization.
C) will undoubtedly increase global trade.
D) will certainly lessen American economic power.
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Chapter 12: Preserving and Enhancing the Biosphere
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Q1) Surveys have found that most Americans
A) would be willing to pay a "gas tax" to reduce pollution.
B) were willing to pay a "gas tax" when gas was cheap.
C) have mixed feelings about a "gas tax" to reduce pollution.
D) oppose a "gas tax."
Q2) Deforestation contributes to increasing carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere because
A) trees convert carbon dioxide into oxygen.
B) trees contribute to higher ozone levels.
C) trees increase the level of farming.
D) deforestation converts carbon dioxide into oxygen.
Q3) Globally the issue of abortion as a method of population control is
A) highly contested.
B) widely supported.
C) widely opposed.
D) rarely discussed.
Q4) Industrial and scientific advances have caused many of the world's human and environmental problems.
A)True
B)False
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