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POS 486: Midterm Exam Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
One of these is not a feature of the contemporary "global economy":
Answer: All significant non-tariff barriers to trade have been eliminated,
and distance, history andculture no longer influence patterns of trade.
The "varieties of capitalism" approach to comparative capitalism
predicts a complex or dual convergence on either a liberal market
model or a coordinated market model. (True or False) Answer: `True
One of these is not a realist/neorealist critique of the "sovereignty at
bay" argument that suggests that the processes of globalization are
eroding the autonomy, capacity and sovereignty of the state: Answer:
Increased vulnerability of states is a testimony to growing
interdependence of states andactually a good thing because the
emergence of a Post-Westphalian system has led to theinclusion of
non-state actors and development of global civil society in global
governance
The "tragedy of the commons" is, effectively, a modern-day morality
tale indicative of a more general disparity between the need for and
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supply of effective institutions and mechanisms of global governance.
(True of False) Answer: False
Intra-regional trade accounts for an ever-growing share of global
economic activity today than ever before. (True of False) Answer: True
One of these does not fit the anti-globalization argument that
globalization leads to the exploitation of foreign impoverished workers:
Answer: lax labor laws enable workers to exercise option to leave low-
paying jobs
Recent worldwide protests against police racism and brutality and the
toppling of statues commemorating white supremacists have little
relevance to the International Relations (IR)discipline because IR is a
value-free science and its founding and evolution over the years have
been neutral about the historical legacy of systemic racism and the
enduring inequalities it has created. (True of False) Answer: False
One of these statements is correct: Answer: IR is built on a profound
whitewashing of history and the erasure of the contributions of
previously colonized people to wealth and advancements in the West.
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POS 486: Midterm Exam Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
One of these is not a feature of the contemporary "global economy":
Answer: All significant non-tariff barriers to trade have been eliminated,
and distance, history andculture no longer influence patterns of trade.
The "varieties of capitalism" approach to comparative capitalism
predicts a complex or dual convergence on either a liberal market
model or a coordinated market model. (True or False) Answer: `True
One of these is not a realist/neorealist critique of the "sovereignty at
bay" argument that suggests that the processes of globalization are
eroding the autonomy, capacity and sovereignty of the state: Answer:
Increased vulnerability of states is a testimony to growing
interdependence of states andactually a good thing because the
emergence of a Post-Westphalian system has led to theinclusion of
non-state actors and development of global civil society in global
governance
The "tragedy of the commons" is, effectively, a modern-day morality
tale indicative of a more general disparity between the need for and
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supply of effective institutions and mechanisms of global governance.
(True of False) Answer: False
Intra-regional trade accounts for an ever-growing share of global
economic activity today than ever before. (True of False) Answer: True
One of these does not fit the anti-globalization argument that
globalization leads to the exploitation of foreign impoverished workers:
Answer: lax labor laws enable workers to exercise option to leave low-
paying jobs
Recent worldwide protests against police racism and brutality and the
toppling of statues commemorating white supremacists have little
relevance to the International Relations (IR)discipline because IR is a
value-free science and its founding and evolution over the years have
been neutral about the historical legacy of systemic racism and the
enduring inequalities it has created. (True of False) Answer: False
One of these statements is correct: Answer: IR is built on a profound
whitewashing of history and the erasure of the contributions of
previously colonized people to wealth and advancements in the West.
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