Chapter 1

Question 1

The relationships among the world’s state governments and the connection of those relationships with other actors (such as the United Nations, multinational corporations, and individuals) with other social relationships (including economics, culture, religion and domestic politics), and with geographic and historical influences.

Answer 1

International Relations

Question 2

The politics of global social relations in which the pursuit of power, interests, order and justice transcends regions and continents.

Answer 2

Global Politics

Question 3

The set of relationships among the world’s states and actors, structured according to certain rules and patterns of interaction.

Answer 3

International system

Question 4

List examples of Actors and Influences

Answer 4

States
Nations
Nation-States
Multinational Corporations
Non-State Actors/Transnational Actors (IGO’s; NGO’s, IO’s)
Terrorist Groups
Individual Actors
GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

Question 5

THE POWER OF NATIONAL AUTONOMY refers to what

Answer 5

Sovereignty

Question 6

The problem of how to provide something that benefits all members of a group regardless of what each member contributes to it refers to what?

Answer 6

Collective Goods Problem

Question 7

Give an example of a collective goods problem

Answer 7

Global warming

Question 8

Why is global warming a collective goods problem?

Answer 8

Because solving it can only be achieved by many countries acting together

Question 9

In general are collective goods easier to provide in smaller groups or larger groups?

Answer 9

Smaller groups

Question 10

Where are collective goods problems particularly more acute?

Answer 10

International affairs

Question 11

Why are collective goods problems acute in international affairs?

Answer 11

No central authority such as a world government to enforce on individual nations the necessary measures to provide for the common good

Question 12

What are the 3 basic solutions to the collective goods problem?

Answer 12

Dominance
Reciprocity
Identity

Question 13

Which of the 3 basic solutions to the collective goods problem establishes a power hierarchy in which those at the top control those below

Answer 13

Dominance

Question 14

What are a couple of the advantages of the dominance solution?

Answer 14

Forces members of a group to contribute to the common good

Minimizes open conflict within the group

Question 15

What’re some disadvantages of the dominance solution?

Answer 15

Stability comes at a cost of constant oppression of, and resentment by, the lower-ranking members of the status hierarchy.

Conflicts over position can sometimes harm the group’s stability and well-being.

Question 16

This solution solves the collective goods problem by rewarding behavior that contributes to the group and punishing behavior that pursues self-interest at the cost of the group

Answer 16

Reciprocity

Question 17

List one advantage of reciprocity

Answer 17

It is easy to understand and can be “enforced” without any central authority

Question 18

What is one disadvantage of reciprocity?

Answer 18

It can lead to a downward spiral as each side punishes what it believes to be the negative acts of the other.