PSCI 2223 Exam 1 Questions with All Correct Answers
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PSCI 2223 Exam 1 Questions with All Correct Answer
Two Major Variants of Realism - Answer-Neorealism, classical realism
Classical Realists Explanation of Conflict - Answer-Human tendencies (greedy for power)
State of nature is a state of war (Hobbes)
Focuses on human nature
Neorealist Ex...
PSCI 2223 Exam 1 Questions with
All Correct Answers
Two Major Variants of Realism - Answer-Neorealism, classical realism
Classical Realists Explanation of Conflict - Answer-Human tendencies (greedy for
power)
State of nature is a state of war (Hobbes)
Focuses on human nature
Neorealist Explanation of Conflict - Answer-Given the "state of world anarchy" there is
no reliable force to have your back if your country is threatened
The Security Dilemma
Neorealism: Means and Ends = - Answer-Causes and effects
The Security Dilemma - Answer-In the process of pursuing security you make others
feel threatened - perpetuating an arms race
Intellectual Origins of Realism - Answer-Machiavelli, Morgenthau, Hobbes, Thucydides
Hobbesian Competition - Answer-1) State of nature is a state of war
2) Relative power determines all
Liberal View of International Politics - Answer-International politics are an extension of
domestic politics: it is a pursuit of harmonious preferences (finding others with similar
preferences and pooling resources to work towards a single goal)
Interactions can benefit everyone
Liberal View of Anarchy - Answer-Admit its existence but through repeated interactions
and institutionalized rules it can be controlled
Solution: figure out a mechanism through which countries reputations are known and
setting up incentives to get the country to protect its reputation - do this by setting up a
neutral international system with information about every country
Relative Gains - Answer-Compares states/other entities to each other
Absolute Gains - Answer-How you are now compared to how you were before -
completely individualized
When will states cooperate, according to liberals? - Answer-When there is a common,
harmonious preference on the line
, Origins of States Preferences According to Liberals - Answer-Minimizing war (sets back
preferences)
Enhancing (economic relations, rule of law, human rights)
Building international institutions (they will ensure minimization of war and overall
enhancement)
Marxist View of Domestic Politics - Answer-Wellbeing will always be uneven. The upper
class enjoys their wealth at the expense of the labor class
Marxist View of International Politics - Answer-The "Core" / The Global North
experience wellbeing/wealth at the expense of the Global South (larger scale of class
discrepancy)
Important Actors in Marxism - Answer-Upper class
Labor class
End Goal of Marxism - Answer-Ending economic exploitation to create a classless
society
Jihad vs McWorld, Barber - Answer-1) Jihad = retribalization (global breakdown,
national dissolution, resecure parochial identities)
2) McWorld = globalization (commercialized, homogenized, depoliticized,
bureaucratized world)
3) Solution: The Confederal Option (government concerned with accountability,
protection of minorities, universal rule of law)m
Jihad vs McWorld, Barber: Market Imperative - Answer-1) Expanding markets would
compel nation-based capitalist economies to push against economic boundaries for
economic imperium
2) International economies are vulnerable to larger transnational, trade-free markets,
convertible currencies, open banking access (such markets are eroding national
sovereignty)
3) Reinforces quest for international peace/stability
Jihad vs McWorld, Barber: Resource Imperative - Answer-1) Rapid resource depletion
makes even the wealthiest societies resource-dependent
2) Every nation needs something another nation has, some have almost nothing they
need
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