The Globalization of International Relations

A. the sovereign power and authority of national government – the entitlement of states to rule within their own territorial space – being transformed but not necessarily eroded
B. a real dilemma: in return for more effective public policy and meeting their citizens demands, whether in relation to the drugs trade or employment, their capacity for self-governance – that is sate autonomy – is compromised
C. a new geography of political organization and political power is emerging, which transcends territories and borders
D. all of the above

A. capitalism’s insatiable requirement for new markets and profits, which lead inevitably to the globalization of economic activity
B. a shared ecology involving shared en environmental problems, from global warming to species protection, alongside the creation of multilateral responses and regimes of global environmental governance
C. central to any account of globalization since it is a truism that without modern communications infrastructures, in particular, a global system or worldwide economy not be possible
D. the technologically induced erosion of distance and time giving the appearance a world that is in communication terms shrinking

A. was a result of countries appearing as autonomous containers of political, social and economic activity in that fixed borders separate the domestic sphere form the world outside
B. represents a process in which the organization of social activities is increasingly less constrained by geographical proximity and national territorial boundaries
C. involves a complex mix of homogenization and increased heterogeneity given the global diffusion of popular culture, global media corporations, and communications networks
D. was the product of a complex politics involving public and private actors form trade unions, industrial associations, humanitarian groups, governments, and legal experts

A. is the complex which bring together the representatives of governments, international organizations, NGOs, and the corporate sector for the formulation and implementation of global public policy
B. is the formal and informal mechanism which link government officials in one agency with their foreign counterparts for purposes of policy coordination, harmonization, dialog and enforcement
C. is he tendency for stats to become increasingly fragmented actors in global politics as every part of the government machine becomes entangled with its foreign counterparts and others in dealing proliferating transgovernmental and global policy networks
D. is the rightful entitlement to exclusive, unqualified and supreme rule within a delimited territory

A. by comparison with the period 1870 to 1914 the world is much less globalized economically, politically and culturally
B. the vast bulk of international economic and political activity is concentrated within the group of OECD states
C. globalization is at best a self-serving myth or ideology which reinforces western and particularly US hegemony in world politics
D. all of the above

A. countries appear as autonomous containers of political, social and economic activity in that fixed borders separate the domestic sphere from the world outside
B. by comparison with the heyday of European global empires the majority of the world’s population and countries in the South are now much less integrated into the global system
C. in a more interdependent world, simply to achieve domestic objectives national government are forced to engage in extensive multilateral collaboration and co-operation
D. stare power, nationalism and territorial boundaries are of growing not less importance in world politics

A. a benign form of cosmopolitan democracy
B. equally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups
C. decisively shaped by European expansion and conquest
D. saw the establishment of the international Convention on the Elimination of Child Labour

A. the way in which contemporary globalization is equally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups
B. the way in which contemporary globalization is unequally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups
C. the degree to which networks or patterns of social interaction are formally constituted as organizations with specific purposes
D. a process in which the organization of social activities is increasingly less constrained by geographical proximity and national territorial boundaries

A. defined a new age in world history so today the microchip and the satellite are icons of a globalized world order
B. evidenced a major expansion in the spread and entrenchment of European empires
C. saw the expansion of transnational and international law from trade to human rights
D. saw the establishment of the international Convention on the Elimination of Child Labour

A. Poland from East Germany
B. the Soviet Union from East Germany
C. West Germany from the Soviet Union
D. West Berlin from East Berlin