Rational actors - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

market failure - correct answer a situation in which a market left on its own fails to allocate resources efficiently economics - correct answer the study of how society manages its scarce resources incentive - correct answer something that induces a person to act productivity - correct answer the quantity of goods and services produce from each unit of labor input opportunity cost - correct answer whatever must be given up to obtain some item externality - correct answ...

Realism - Answer-state seeks material power and economic power Neorealism - Answer--States are rational unitary actors -States seek security not power -Relative Power and zero-sum Liberalism - Answer--Cooperation -Critical theory - realism and liberalism are not logical -absolut gains Neoliberalism - Answer-institutions matter Constructivism - Answer-based on an ideational ontology, rather than a material ontology. Thus constructivism is posed against both realism and liberalism Alexan...

INS 3003 EXAM 1 FSU LATEST UPDATE GRADED A+ civil war a war between citizens of the same country. cold war a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular. proxy war A war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate non-member observer state have the right to speak at the United Nation General Assembly meetings, but not to vote on resolutions Non-State entity Organi...

rational decision making - Traditional economic theory that people are rational actors rational choice/public choice - people act based on their self interest what does it mean to be a rational actor? - You are able to rank, order your preferences based on the expected utility of each option. These rank ordered preferences are stable and transitive. Having perfect information about all alternative possibilities. Maximize your utility pure rationality - requires person to have complete inf...

IPC2601 Assignment 1 Semester 1 2024 (Solutions) Question 1 Not yet answered Marked out of 1.00 Flag question Question text How are international organisations characterised in world politics? a. Subsidiaries of member states. b. Dependent on the founding states for decision-making. c. Independent actors, sperate from their member states. d. Subject to direct control by the member states. Clear my choice Question 2 Not yet answered Marked out of 1.00 Flag question Question ...

PLC2602 Exam Answers 2023 Questions asked: QUESTION 1 Indicate whether the following statement is True or False? The executive is mostly the initiator of policy proposals. This is because members of the executive are elected on the basis of a policy plan. a. True b. False QUESTION 2 Select the correct option. Which one of the following regime types is not associated with executive decrees? a. Fascist regime b. Neoliberal regime c. Communist regime d. Totalitarian regime CONFI...

Test Bank for Cohn Global Political Economy Theory and Practice 7th EditionChapter 1 Introduction Multiple Choice 1) Theorists who define globalization primarily as an economic phenomenon with little effect on the primacy of states are a) moderate globalists. b) hyperglobalists. c) internationalists. d) liberal economists. Answer: c; Page 7 2) Theorists who emphasize the fact that international relations is a “self- help” system are most often a) historical materialists. b) liberals. c...

SOC 185 EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ Sociology - ANSWER- systematic and scientific study of human society, social structure/institutions/interactions > social structure and change = social processes and interactions > building blocks = interactions and behaviors of individuals Sociological Problems - ANSWER- 1. social order 2. social change 3. indviduals and society Self-Fulfilling ...

Levels of analysis Correct Answer-An approach to understanding international relations by breaking down the various actors who are involved in the making of international relations decisions and the impact of those decisions on the various actors (K). The security dilemma Correct Answer-A situation in which one state improves its military capabilities to ensure its own security, but in so doing becomes a direct threat to another country, which responds with its own military buildup. The resul...

What does it mean to be a rational actor? - Answer-You are able to rank order preferences based on expected utility. -Stable and transative Bounded Rationality (Herbert Simon) - Answer-People dont have the capability to be perfectly rational -repeatable and predictable rather than random -Differs from pure becuase people will try their best and fall short of pure Prospect theory - Answer--Models built on assumptions of rational behavior assumes that actors make decsions based on maximi...