A. the history of ethnic cleansing by liberal democratic states
B. the cosmopolitan understanding of the role of war in human affairs
C. the condition in which warfare is a recurrent feature of the relations between states not least because they regard it as inevitable
D. all of the above
Related Mcqs:
- Contemporary warfare has changed the role of:
A. The media
B. Women
C. Children
D. All of the options given are correct - Which of the following challenge traditional conceptions of political community?
A. Fragmentation
B. Globalization
C. Nationalism
D. a and b - Post modernists believe:
A. all forms of knowledge are potentially dangerous as they can lay foundations for power and domination
B. political perspectives which claim to have uncovered universal truths contain the danger of domination and exclusion
C. universal human rights culture and doctrine of humanitarian intervention may simply extend Western power over the reset of the world
D. all of the above - What are the main tenets of communitarianism?
A. They argue that most people value their membership of a political community; they are unlikely to shift their loyalty to the human race
B. All forms of political community contain the danger of generating the domination or exclusion of significant sections of society
C. They see globalization weakening community ties
D. b and c - What is meant by group rights?
A. Rights belonging to groups such as minority nations rather than to individuals
B. Rights unfairly belonging to a privileged group
C. Rights belonging to a political community
D. None of the above - What is modernization theory?
A. It argues that Western liberal democracy had solved the social conflicts which earlier dominated industrial societies
B. It assumes that non-Western societies will follow the Western path of economic and political development
C. It argues that Western liberal democracies today are faced with conflict different form, those that dominated industrial societies
D. a and b - What is a quasi-state?
A. A state that has collapsed and cannot provide for its citizens
B. A product of globalization whereby international institutions and global markets are accountable to people of a state
C. A state which has negative sovereignty but lacks positive sovereignty
D. None of the above - What is meant by the ‘intensive’ power of modern states?
A. Power that can be projected deep into society
B. Power based on controlling the instruments of violence
C. Power that can be projected across whole territories
D. Power that a state holds by virtue of its population - What is meant by neo-medievalism?
A. A condition in which warfare is a recurrent feature of the relations between states not the least because they regard it as inevitable
B. A condition in which political power is dispersed between local national, and supranational institutions, none of which command supreme loyalty
C. A condition in which international organizations, transnational corporations and so forth are accountable to the peoples of the world
D. A condition in which human labour and its products are sold and bought in the market place - What is a political community?
A. A human association in which members share common symbols and wish to cooperate to realize common objectives
B. A community that wishes to govern itself and be free from alien rule
C. A community in which the state claims legitimacy on grounds that it represents them
D. A community that feels loyalty to a nation-state
