Chapter 8

Question 1

01) Neo-liberal foreign policies sometimes place national interests ahead of morality and universal ideas.
True
False

Answer 1

True

Question 2

02) Both neo-liberal institutionalism and neo-realism are considered by Robert Cox to be ‘problem-solving theories’.
True
False

Answer 2

True

Question 3

03) The ‘neo-neo debate’ has taken a back seat to other theoretical debates over the last 10–15 years.
True
False

Answer 3

False

Question 4

04) Neo-liberal and neo-realist theories seek to usurp the status quo
True
False

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Neo-liberals believe that states will shift loyalty to institutions if they are seen as mutually beneficial and provide states with increasing opportunities to secure their international interests.
True
False

Answer 5

True

Question 6

For neo-liberal institutionalists, the core research question is:

a. to understand the role of non-state actors in globalization.
b. how to promote cooperation in an anarchic, competitive international system.
c. how to assess the relative capabilities of the Great Powers.
d. how to design effective international institutions.

Answer 6

b. how to promote cooperation in an anarchic, competitive international system.

Question 7

07) For neo-realists, the most critical problem presented by anarchy is:
a. survival.
b. conflict.
c. cheating.
d. security.

Answer 7

a. survival.

Question 8

Defensive neo-realists suggest that our assumptions of a state’s relations with other states depend on:

a. their status within the international system.
b. whether or not they are liberal states.
c. their relative capabilities.
d. their security.

Answer 8

d. their security

Question 9

09) For offensive neo-realists, the most important thing to states is:
a. absolute power.
b. security.
c. relative power.
d. sovereignty.

Answer 9

c. relative power.

Question 10

10) For ‘security neo-realists’, the 2003 Iraq War was unnecessary because:
a. America had their chance to topple Saddam Hussein in 1991.
b. thousands of civilians would be killed.
c. America was in danger of over-extending itself.
d. containment of Iraq was working effectively.

Answer 10

d. containment of Iraq was working effectively.

Question 11

11) Which of the following is not a variety of contemporary Liberalism?
a. Constitutional
b. Commercial
c. Republican
d. Sociological

Answer 11

a. Constitutional

Question 12

12) The roots of neo-liberal institutionalism are found in:
a. the writings of Immanuel Kant.
b. the functional integration scholarship of the 1940s and 1950s.
c. realism.
d. Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points.

Answer 12

b. the functional integration scholarship of the 1940s and 1950s.

Question 13

13) Neo-liberals believe the greatest obstacle to cooperation among states is:
a. arms build-up.
b. weak institutions.
c. cheating (non-compliance).
d. cultural and linguistic misunderstandings.

Answer 13

c. cheating (non-compliance).

Question 14

14) The liberal institutional scholarship of the 1970s that suggested that the world had become more pluralistic in terms of actors involved in international interactions is known as:
a. neo-liberal institutionalism.
b. commercial liberalism.
c. pluralism.
d. complex interdependence.

Answer 14

d. complex interdependence.

Question 15

15) While neo-realism and neo-liberalism have a lot in common, neo-realism tends to focus more on:
a. security and military issues.
b. environmental issues.
c. economic issues.
d. human rights.

Answer 15

a. security and military issues