CONTEMP - POLITICS

Question 1

What are the components of state?

Answer 1

people
territory
government
sovereignty

Question 2

What makes up people territory, government and sovereignty?

Answer 2

state

Question 3

What are the two parts of sovereignty?

Answer 3

internal and external

Question 4

What is sovereignty?

Answer 4

Most important political concept because a state wants to be recognized as a state

Question 5

Sovereignty is synonymous to?

Answer 5

independence

Question 6

What happens if there is no sovereignty?

Answer 6

only considered as a country, not independent state

Question 7

Relate relationship between country and states.

Answer 7

All states are countries
not all countries are states

Question 8

What has the rise of civilization done?

Answer 8

fuel different levels of internationalization

Question 9

What fueled the different levels of internationalization?

Answer 9

rise of civilization

Question 10

Why did the rise of civilization increase internationalization?

Answer 10

They created empires which defined global and international affairs

Question 11

What is globalism?

Answer 11

the defining core of globalization.

It is what is happening inside globalization

Question 12

What is the defining core of globalization?

Answer 12

globalism

Question 13

How does Joseph nye describe globalism.

Answer 13

networks of connections that span multi-continental distances.

Question 14

Joseph nye describes this as “networks of connections that span multi-continental distances.”

Answer 14

globalism

Question 15

What is thin globalism?

Answer 15

Initial phase of interconnection

density of connection is limited

Question 16

Describe the impact of thin globalism.

Answer 16

impact is felt by small groups (Nye, 2022)

Question 17

Describe the interactions of thin globalism

Answer 17

low amount of interaction

Question 18

What is thick globalism?

Answer 18

immense density of networks

Question 19

This globalism increase reliance among nations, communities and economies

Answer 19

thick globalism

Question 20

This globalism characterizes the level of interconnection in the 21st
century

Answer 20

thick globalism

Question 21

This globalism has greater socio-economic impact, cultural transfers and supply chain reliance

Answer 21

thick globalism

Question 22

This globalism has low amount of interaction.

Answer 22

thin globalism

Question 23

Globalization is defined by?

Answer 23

power

Question 24

What are the different levels of control in globalism?

Answer 24

economic
political
military
cultural

Question 25

What are the types of power according to Nye?

Answer 25

Hard Soft Smart

Question 26

What is hard power?

Answer 26

direct power that when applied is immediately felt.

Question 27

What are the types of hard power?

Answer 27

carrots and sticks Military - brute force (sticks) Economic - sanctions and rewards (carrot)

Question 28

What is soft power?

Answer 28

Cultural type of power that function as a means of attraction.

Question 29

What is the hollywood effect?

Answer 29

Soft power that attracts people through cultural attractiveness.

Question 30

What is smart power?

Answer 30

combination of soft and hard power.

Question 31

What nations have smart power?

Answer 31

superpower nations

Question 32

What is the modern state based on?

Answer 32

Westphalian model- recognizes sovereignty and existence of nation states.

Question 33

What did the westphalian model do?

Answer 33

ushered the formation of a more defined internation IR system.

Question 34

What is the problem with the IR system?

Answer 34

defined IR system is still dependent on the power of states.

Question 35

This lone superpower has a huge influence in many aspects of global trade and politics.

Answer 35

USA

Question 36

What are the middle powers?

Answer 36

Nations with economic and political means to dominate certain aspects of global trade and politics.

Question 37

List the countries in the middle powers.

Answer 37

BRICS- brazil russia india china south africa

Question 38

What happened at the end of the cold war?

Answer 38

globalization became thicker.

Question 39

When did globalization become thicker?

Answer 39

since the end of the cold war