A. That the entire world is now in the post-colonial era
B. That the global south alone is now in the post-colonial era
C. That post-colonialism, spelled with a hyphen, is a concept only applicable to those countries that experienced colonialism
D. That there was a grammatical error in the earlier spelling
Related Mcqs:
- Who would realists suggest has a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force?
A. Islamic Fundamentalists
B. The State
C. The United Nations
D. None of the options given is correct - The Indian Water Treaty allow India the right to hydroelectric power generation from the western rivers but only by run off river installation without affection or building
A. Volume of water
B. Direction of water
C. storage capacities
D. All of them - What is the term used to describe the continuation of colonial exploitation without formal political control?
A. post dependency
B. neocolonialism
C. colonialism
D. mercantilism - Which level of analysis considers the interactions of states themselves without regard to their internal makeup or the particular leaders who lead them?
A. interstate
B. individual
C. global
D. national - In his renowned work Orientalism Edward Said argues that ‘the orient’ as portrayed in Western novels, media and artwork is what?
A. A place prone to liberal democracy and revolutionary feminism
B. An accurate depiction of the modern day Middle East and Asia, meaning that scholars and academics can rely solely on these ancient works
C. Lost in the past, prone to despotic rule and plagued by ‘odd’ cultural traditions
D. Too focused on historical facts and accurately portraying the experience of life in the region - Criticisms levelled at post-colonial studies include which of the following?
A. That the theory entered international relations too recently to be considered an academic theory
B. That it is too similar to realism and so serves no function
C. That it is not sophisticated enough to be an academic theory
D. That the field focuses so heavily on identity and language that it ignores the urgent of whether those in the global south can eat, leaving this problem up to Western agencies to sort out - The social-cultural anthropologist Arjun Appadurai writes about five types of cultural flows of imagination. What are they?
A. Ethnoscapes, mediascapes, technoscapes, financscapes and ideoscapes
B. Ethnoscapes, econoscapes, culturescapes, financscapes and ideoscapes
C. Geographical flows, cultural flows, ideas-flows, technological flows, ethnicity flows
D. Liberal flows, realist flows, post colonial flows and post structuralist flows - Franz Fanon’s works include which of the following titles?
A. Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961)
B. Power, Power, power (1951) and How Colonisation Happened (1960)
C. The Way to Prosperity (1955) and The Colonised (1975)
D. Colonies (1980) and Post-Colonial Theory (1990) - Graeme Turner argues that novels are of specific value to post-colonial studies. What is the rationale he offers for this argument?
A. That there have been too many political science theories based purely on the works of academics
B. That because stories and novels are generated by culture they therefore produce meanings and significances that are indicative of that culture
C. Novels and stories are more enjoyable to read than works of theory so post-colonial studies will garner more followers using this method
D. Turner didn’t have access to academic works when he was writing - The concept of negritude:
A. Seeks to study the experiences of blacks in colonial powers
B. Linked black people across Africa, the Caribbean and the USA around a set of humanist values that were supposedly held by blacks the world over
C. Was introduced to post-colonial studies by Franz Fanon
D. Was introduced to post-colonial studies by Edward Said
