A. Power is based on economic strength
B. Power is a relational concept
C. Power is a relative concept
D. Power is a relational concept and power is a relative concept
Related Mcqs:
- If liberal states don’t go to war with one another how does this undermine Realism?
A. Because this world challenge the realist claim that periods of peace are just a preparation for future wars
B. It does not undermine realism, since realism predicts they will not go to war with one another
C. Because it would challenge the principle of self-help, by which the structure of the system does not permit friendship, trust and honour
D. Both a and c - How does democratic peace theory challenge realism?
A. They place importance on internal norms and institutions
B. They challenge realist occupation with balance of power
C. They believe that war is a function of a state being liberal or not
D. All of the above - How do neo-liberals understand power in the process of regime formation?
A. Power does not come into play when a state enters an international regime
B. Power can be used by a hegemon to pressure other states to collaborate and conform to a regime
C. In the absence of hegemonic power, states can establish and maintain regimes through reciprocity
D. b and c - How do realist understand power in the process of regime formation?
A. States have to submit their power every time a regime is formed
B. Only powerful actors can form regimes, powerless actors must submit to them
C. Realists do not accept that regimes can actually be formed
D. Power is used to form regimes if such regime promotes the power-holder’s long-term interests - Post-modernists view realism as:
A. a central problem of international security because it is the dominant discourse of power and rule
B. a statist ideology out of touch with the reality of globalization
C. unable to take into consideration the enormous complexity and indeterminacy of human behaviour historical roots
D. all of the above - Contingent realist argue that standard structural realism is flawed because:
A. they reject competition bias inherent in the theory
B. standard structural realism is flowed due to its emphasis on relative gains
C. there is no emphasis on cheating
D. a and b - What do you understand by the term ‘institutionalized cooperation’?
A. Cooperation through international institutions as an approach to international security
B. Cooperation through institutions to creating mature anarchy
C. Cooperation through institutions to decrease the importance of arms
D. a and b - What do you understand by the term ‘intifada’?
A. War
B. Uprising
C. Peace
D. Negotiations - 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 - _________ is the ability to convert one element of power into another.
A. Hegemony
B. Power conversion
C. Relative power
D. Fungible capability
