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
Related Mcqs:
- Globalization involves:_________?
A. a stretching of social, political, and economic activities across political frontiers.
B. a growing magnitude of interconnections in almost every sphere of social existence
C. an accelerating pace of global interactions and processes associated with a deepening enmeshment of the local and the global
D. all of the above - In the first wave, the age of discovery (1450-1850), globalization was:_________?
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 - Asymmetrical globalization is:________________?
A. the way in which contemporary globalization is equally experienced across the world and amongst different social gruops
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. - Globalization in the post-cold war world:
A. Became a defining term of international discourse
B. Had its extent contested by scholars such as David Held and Martin Wolf
C. Became a defining idea of Realist theory
D. Became a defining term of international discourse and had its extent contested by scholars such as David Held and Martin Wolf - Which of the following is not a challenge to international society, posed by globalization?
A. Interstate war
B. Global warming
C. American power
D. Dissolution of the bonds of political community - Society accounts of international society:
A. Deny that international cooperation is possible
B. Believe it to be a rhetorical cover for self-serving powerful states
C. Argue that it is unable to cope with globalization
D. Believe both that it is a rhetorical cover for self-serving powerful state and argue that it is unable to cope with globalization - The Unites States backed the Ethiopian government in its conflict with Somalia in the 1970s as part of: A. an attempt to secure its natural reaources B. an attempt to support the new Soviet policy of glasnost C. an attempt to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining a seaport in the Horn of Africa D. a proxy war with the Soviet Union?
A. an attempt to secure its natural reaources
B. an attempt to support the new Soviet policy of glasnost
C. an attempt to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining a seaport in the Horn of Africa
D. a proxy war with the Soviet Union - In 1962, the United States and the USSR almost went to war over the issue of Soviet nuclear weapons in
A. North Korea
B. Poland
C. East Germany
D. Cuba - George W. Bush’s foreign policy:
A. Argued that old methods of dealing with contemporary challenges were obsolete and ineffective
B. Changed direction sharply after 9/11
C. Led to a controversial war in Iraq whose reasons and effects are still being highly debated
D. All of the options given are correct - The Catholic Church:
A. Made no contribution to just war theory
B. Is a form of subnational authority
C. Helped constitute the normative basis of international society
D. Both made no contribution to just war theory and helped to constitute the normative basis of international society
