Exam One

Question 1

What are the different levels of analysis?

Answer 1

Macro - Countries interactions
Meso - Governmental level
Micro - Individual level

Question 2

How was Machiavelli important?

Answer 2

Man can not be trusted

Gave rise to realism with Hobbes

Question 3

How was Hobbes important?

Answer 3

Man can not be trusted

Gave rise to realism with Machiavelli

Question 4

How is Rousseau important?

Answer 4

Man isn’t bad by nature, they are self interested
Government’s job to teach men to be good
Forefather of liberalism and neoliberalism

Question 5

What is the prisoner’s dilemma?

Answer 5

Two prisoners are likely to snitch on the other if the interaction is a one time thing
However if they will be interacting in the future the prisoners will not want to screw the other person because they may need them in the future

Question 6

How is Aquinas important?

Answer 6

Father of international law

Question 7

How is Kant important?

Answer 7

Democratic peace theory

Democratic societies are less likely to go to war

Question 8

What is the difference between positive and negative power?

Answer 8

Positive power compels people to do something

Negative power deters people from doing something

Question 9

What are the ideas that Thucydides had about power?

Answer 9

Power is useless unless you are willing to carry out threats
Powerful states can do whatever they want
“While the strong do what they want, the weak suffer what they will”

Question 10

What happens to international relations during the Middle Ages?

Answer 10

Economics becomes the driving force of international relations

Question 11

What happens to international relations during the 30 years war?

Answer 11

Idea of sovereignty comes about and makes their own laws

Question 12

What happens to international relations during the treat of westphalia?

Answer 12

The idea of sovereignty becomes further established
Creates a core group of states
Gives monarchs authority rather than the church

Question 13

How is Adam Smith important?

Answer 13

Father of modern capitalism

Wrote the wealth of nations

Question 14

How does the French revolution change international relations?

Answer 14

Declares that the people are the ones with power
Popular sovereignty - people are sovereign
Gave rise to nationalism

Question 15

How does Napoleon influence international relations?

Answer 15

Established national army

Created Napoleonic code - one set of laws for everybody

Question 16

How does the Concert of Europe influence international relations?

Answer 16

Tries to bring order after Napoleon

If conflict arises then everyone will help each other out

Question 17

What is the concept of balance of power?

Answer 17

If one country made an alliance, other countries would band together to counteract that alliance

Question 18

Who created the concept of balance of power?

Answer 18

Metternich

Question 19

What happens when the Concert of Europe breaks down?

Answer 19

Alliances begin to become permanent

Question 20

How do the two world wars influence international relations?

Answer 20

Absolute sovereignty begins to be questioned

League of nations is formed

Question 21

What is a theory?

Answer 21

A set of propositions and concepts which explains phenomena by specifying relationships among the concepts

Question 22

What is the goal of a theory?

Answer 22

Goal is to predict phenoma

Question 23

What is neocolonialism?

Answer 23

Countries make others dependent through ideas and economics

Question 24

What are the results of the cold war?

Answer 24

Nuclear deterrance
Global economic system
Decolonization
Arming the world

Question 25

What is the long peace?

Answer 25

The period of time after world war 2 when no super powers were engaged in war

Question 26

What is the security dilemma?

Answer 26

One state acquires power so their neighbor must acquire more power

Question 27

How is neorealism different from realism?

Answer 27

Neorealism ignores human nature

Neorealism says anarchy causes state behavior

Question 28

What are the conditions needed for balance of power?

Answer 28

Anarchy

Units who wish to survive

Question 29

How does Waltz see the system and change?

Answer 29

System will not and can not be changed

Question 30

How does Gilpin see the system and change?

Answer 30

System doesn’t change but the actors do

Question 31

What are the basic tenets of liberalism?

Answer 31

Humans are good
Innate goodness makes societal progress possible
War is the result of corrupt social institutions

Question 32

What are the basic tenets of neoliberalism?

Answer 32

World is not governed by set of universal laws
International system is anarchic
Man is not all that good
Man is self interested

Question 33

What is the shadow of the future?

Answer 33

Be nice to others because you may need them in the future

Question 34

What are the basic tenets of constructivism?

Answer 34

State behavior is shaped by elite beliefs, identities and social norms
View on reality is how you see the world

Question 35

How do constructivists view the international system?

Answer 35

Pointless to study

What matters is how you view it

Question 36

What are the different feminist theories?

Answer 36

Liberal
Critical
Post structural

Question 37

What is the liberal feminist theory?

Answer 37

Women should have equal rights in all manners, not interested in socialization

Question 38

What is the critical feminist theory?

Answer 38

Says IR studies are being done wrong

World is gender biased

Question 39

What is the post structural feminist theory?

Answer 39

Class, race, and economic position and gender are all important