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Political Science is the systematic study of political systems, institutions, processes, and behavior. This course explores the fundamental principles of governance, the structure and function of governments, the role of policy and law, and the impact of political ideologies and movements on societies. Students examine key concepts such as power, authority, democracy, and justice, while analyzing the dynamics of international relations, public administration, and political participation. Through critical analysis and evaluation, the course provides a comprehensive understanding of how political decisions are made and their effects on society and global affairs.
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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) International politics is an area in which vital decisions are made based on A) understandings of cause and effect.
B) fear and misunderstanding.
C) political will.
D) moral guidance.
Answer: A
Q2) In political science, theories are
A) general explanations of how politics works.
B) hypothetical assumptions.
C) so abstract that they have little connection to the real world.
D) not particularly useful in understanding international politics.
Answer: A
Q3) According to the author, international politics matters
A) only to foreign policy elites.
B) only to national politicians.
C) to everyone.
D) little to most people.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Historical Evolution of International Politics
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Q1) After the Cold War, nationalism led to the fragmentation of the following three states in Europe.
A) Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia
B) Ukraine, Romania, and Poland
C) Russia, Romania, and Germany
D) Spain, Russia, and France
Answer: A
Q2) The Triple Entente consisted of A) Britain, France, and Russia.
B) Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
C) Britain, France, and the United States.
D) Germany, China, and France.
Answer: A
Q3) Vietnam was seeking independence from A) France.
B) China.
C) Japan.
D) the United States.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Theories of International Relations: Realism and Liberalism
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Q1) An important lesson that derives from prisoner's dilemma is that
A) individual rationality leads to collective irrationality.
B) two wrongs do not make a right.
C) absolute power corrupts absolutely.
D) individual actors can control outcomes by their own decisions.
Answer: A
Q2) Liberals argue that realists are essentially
A) optimistic about global politics.
B) pessimistic about global politics.
C) neither optimistic nor pessimistic.
D) correct, but wrong about human nature.
Answer: B
Q3) What do liberals believe about human nature?
A) They believe that people are inherently good and peaceful.
B) They believe that people are prone to conflict and war.
C) They believe that people are smart enough to recognize the problems in the world and work to solve those problems.
D) They believe that people should try to solve the world's problems, but they probably will not be successful.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Theories of International Relations: Economic
Structuralism, Constructivism, and Feminism
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Q1) According to Karl Marx, when a worker applies labor to some set of raw materials, A) the capitalist will surely exploit them.
B) the materials will have been immorally obtained from colonial undertakings.
C) the resulting product becomes the property of the worker.
D) value is added.
Q2) A new version of the economic structuralist theory was created based upon Latin American countries' inability to achieve economic development after World War II. This theory was called
A) world system theory.
B) dependency theory.
C) modernization theory.
D) revisionist Marxist theory.
Q3) The definition of power as the ability of two or more actors to work together to achieve what they cannot achieve alone is supported by which theory?
A) Liberalism
B) Institutionalism
C) Feminism
D) Constructivism
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Chapter 5: The State, Society, and Foreign Policy
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Q1) The cost of reneging on one's commitments is known as
A) public relations.
B) mainstream effect.
C) politics of compromise.
D) audience costs.
Q2) Interest groups can have significant influence on a country's foreign policy. What are the ways in which interest groups influence policy? What makes an interest group successful in attempting to influence a government's foreign policy?
Q3) Woodrow Wilson was in favor of the United States involvement in World War I because
A) he sought to create a balance against Russia.
B) he assumed the United States could expand its power over Europe.
C) it could help transform Europe into a region of peaceful democracies.
D) international trade was threatened by a strong Germany.
Q4) The claim that democracies are less likely to go to war than autocracies is A) not correct statistically.
B) entirely correct statistically.
C) dependent on the period of study.
D) ambiguous.
Q5) What are the two most important objections to the subject of national interest?
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Chapter 6: Bureaucracies, Groups, and Individuals in the Foreign Policy Process
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Q1) Where do many analysts believe that groupthink took place?
A) The decision-making process prior to the war in Vietnam
B) The decision-making process prior to the Bay of Pigs
C) The decision-making process prior to the intervention in Somalia
D) The decision-making process prior to the 2003 invasion in Iraq
Q2) In considering our response to the Soviet emplacement of ballistic missiles in Cuba in 1962, why did U.S. military leaders argue for an early strike?
A) In order to teach the Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev, a lesson for being rash
B) To strike before Soviet naval forces arrived
C) In order to disable the missile sites before they became operational
D) To be able to catch the element of surprise from Soviet and Cuban forces
Q3) Since leaders seek to avoid psychological stress after making a decision, leaders hope to convince themselves that the decision actually was the correct one. This psychological concept is called
A) appeasement.
B) rational action.
C) groupthink.
D) bolstering.
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Chapter 7: International Organizations and Transnational Actors
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Q1) As established, the purpose of the Security Council is to
A) prevent conflict in the world by performing deterrent, peacekeeping, and negotiating functions.
B) distribute wealth from the rich to the poor countries.
C) protect the interests of the industrialized countries of the world.
D) create and sustain a large, though ineffective, UN bureaucracy.
Q2) President __________, who played a major role in setting up the U.N., recognized that the organization would never work if the "great powers" could be outvoted by the smaller ones.
A) Woodrow Wilson
B) Franklin Roosevelt
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Herbert Hoover
Q3) A transnational corporation can be characterized as
A) an organization dedicated to a common global goal.
B) a humanitarian NGO.
C) a company with headquarters operations in multiple locations.
D) a company with sales and production present in more than one country.
Q4) What are the three barriers to the simple application of UN-sponsored force to retaliate against aggression?
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Chapter 8: International Insecurity and the Causes of War and Peace
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Q1) One important feature of a peacekeeping force is that they are A) typically heavily armed.
B) given the authority to attack one or both of the warring parties.
C) usually lightly armed.
D) permitted to take sides in the conflict.
Q2) A conflict between organized groups within a nation-state is known as a A) territorial imperative.
B) failed state.
C) domestic disturbance.
D) civil war.
Q3) Liberals emphasize the connection between economics and war by asserting that A) individual capitalists will eventually conflict.
B) free trade reduces the likelihood of war.
C) the probability of conflict increases with the rise of global capitalism.
D) global capitalism highlights the economic differences between states.
Q4) One lesson to avoid war from the expected utility theory perspective is to
A) ensure your opponent has a better alternative than war.
B) allow no concessions concerning the issue at hand.
C) circumvent an irrational leader by negotiating with the opposition.
D) convince allies to mobilize to your side.
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Chapter 9: The Use of Force
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Q1) Which of the following countries has a known chemical weapons program and is likely maintaining an offensive biological weapons program?
A) Iran
B) Canada
C) Vietnam
D) United States
Q2) The famous Prussian strategist who asserted that " war is the continuation of policy by other means" was
A) Herman Goehring
B) Otto von Bismarck
C) Carl von Clausewitz
D) Rolf Dahrendorf
Q3) The U.S. military
A) spends vastly more money on the military than any other country.
B) has the most advanced weaponry in the world.
C) is the only country that can deploy its military around the world for sustained periods.
D) All of the above are true.
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Chapter 10: Fundamentals of International Political Economy
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Which theory makes the argument that economic disparities, once established, will be self-perpetuating?
A) Mercantilism
B) Liberalism
C) Feminism
D) Economic structuralism
Q3) By implementing policies called for by the theory of comparative advantage, what is meant to happen between the two countries?
A) One country is able to out produce and sell more than the other country
B) Production increases in one country while consumption decreases in the other
C) Consumption drops in both countries while production remains constant
D) Consumption increases in both countries
Q4) What is the balance of trade? Why is it important? How does it affect domestic politics?
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Q5) Why do feminists argue that the costs of globalization are unevenly distributed?
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Chapter 11: The Globalization of Trade and Finance
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Q1) An important conclusion in this chapter focuses on the changes in power and control by the state. This conclusion can be summed up as
A) the state's loss of control over globalization.
B) the regaining of control by the state over globalization.
C) the ability of the state to assert itself through market barriers.
D) an uneasy truce between the forces of globalization and the state.
Q2) In the past, governments had greater control over currency prices because A) governments were stronger and more centralized.
B) governments controlled more currency than private actors.
C) the cost of exchanging currency was higher in the past.
D) governments had a monopolistic control over currency markets.
Q3) The objectives of the Bretton Woods system were to
A) fight communism and enrich the United States.
B) promote free trade and increase global wealth.
C) rebuild Europe and democratize the developing world.
D) ensure continued U.S. presence in Asia and expand global capitalism.
Q4) How did the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) function and in what way was it successful? Why was it replaced by the World Trade Organization?
Q5) What are the competing costs and benefits of globalization?
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Chapter 12: The Problem of Global Inequality
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Q1) Purchasing power parity (PPP) is especially insightful because it takes into account
A) the different costs of goods in different countries.
B) the percentage of a society living under conditions of poverty.
C) the absolute costs of living in any one country.
D) a relatively simple calculation of the cost of living.
Q2) Compare and contrast multilateral aid and bilateral aid. What are their main differences and what are their similarities?
Q3) The development concept that pushes for the state to accumulate capital, direct investment, and provide legal, administrative, and educational infrastructure is called
A) the developmental state.
B) the free market.
C) state socialism.
D) the invisible hand.
Q4) Which of the following is not an important function of the World Bank?
A) Economic policy recommendations.
B) Lending programs.
C) Peacekeeping forces.
D) research on development issues.
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Chapter 13: International Law, Norms, and Human Rights
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Q1) 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.
Q2) One of the first sources of international law that sought to regulate war came from the
A) Roman Empire.
B) catholic church.
C) League of Nations.
D) feudal states.
Q3) Norms can spread through many ways, including all of the following except
A) through international organizations.
B) from state to state.
C) among transnational groups of government experts.
D) through military coercion and war.
Q4) Explain the structure of the International Court of Justice. What are the types of cases on which it passes legal judgment? What are its primary strengths and weaknesses?
Q5) 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) In the United States, the focus on environmental protection can be traced back to A) the late 1800s, when Yellowstone National Park was established.
B) to the publication of the Silent Spring in the early 1960s.
C) to the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in the late 1970s.
D) to 1969 when the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio caught on fire.
Q2) Which two countries together account for nearly 90 percent of global ethanol production?
A) Brazil and Canada
B) United States and China
C) United States and Brazil
D) Russia and Canada
Q3) What is a collective action problem? Provide examples. Also discuss why some collective action problems get solved, whereas others seem to resist resolution. What accounts for the difference?
Q4) What are some of the predictions regarding scarcity? Why haven't they come true? Do you think they will come true? Why or why not?
Q5) What were the major factors that enabled the world's leading countries to deal effectively with the ozone depletion problem in the late 1980s?
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Chapter 15: Conclusion: Power and Purpose in a Changing World
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Q1) Of the six emergent changes in the international system, according to the text which is the most far-reaching?
A) Rise of international terrorism
B) Globalization of trade and finance
C) Widespread acceptance of democracy
D) Erosion of control of the sovereign state
Q2) The WHO developed scenarios for the future, by looking at challenges that have arisen in recent years. Which of the following was not one of the three crises they focused on?
A) The 2001 anthrax scare
B) The dumping of toxic chemicals
C) The dangers of radiological and electromagnetic pulse weaponry
D) The H1N1 virus pandemic
Q3) The U.S. economy, which accounted for half of global GDP in 1945, now accounts for what percentage of the world economy?
A) 10 percent
B) 20 percent
C) 30 percent
D) 40 percent
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