pols 3053 international relations

1. POLS 3053International Relations Chapter 16International Regimes

2. Answer: D Page Ref: 371Answer: D Page Ref: 371

3. The following assumptions are common to the realist approach to regimes EXCEPT� a. regimes flourish best when promoted and maintained by a benign hegemon. b. regimes enable states to coordinate. c. regimes generate differential benefits for states. d. power is the central feature of regime formation and survival. e. the nature of world order depends on the underlying principles and norms of regimes. Answer: A Page Ref: 371Answer: A Page Ref: 371

4. The following assumptions are common to the liberal approach to regimes EXCEPT� a. regimes promote the common good. b. regimes promote globalization and a liberal world order. c. regimes enable states to collaborate. d. regimes flourish best when promoted and maintained by a benign hegemon. e. regimes generate differential benefits for states. Answer: E Page Ref: 371Answer: E Page Ref: 371

5. The is growing concern that the US is pursuing an increasingly exceptionalist foreign policy and is failing to support new international regimes. For example, Pres. Bush withdrew Pres. Clinton�s support for the UN __ Protocol on Climate Change. a. Beijing d. Rio de Janeiro b. Hong Kong e. Buenos Aires c. Kyoto Answer: C Page Ref: 372Answer: C Page Ref: 372

6. The standard definition of a regime is offered by __, as �sets of implicit or explicit principles, norms, rules, and decision making procedures around which actors� expectations converge in a given area of international relations.� a. Stanley Hoffman d. Michael Walzer b. Karl Deutsch e. Stephen Krasner c. Andrew Bard Smookler Answer: E Page Ref: 373Answer: E Page Ref: 373

7. The four defining elements of a regime include all the following EXCEPT� a. norms d. rules b. principles e. values c. decision making procedures Answer: E Page Ref: 373Answer: E Page Ref: 373

8. In some situations, formal rules have been brought into existence without any expectation that they will be observed, indicating the existence of a(n) __ regime. a. tacit d. failed b. deal-letter e. misanthropic c. full-blown Answer: B Page Ref: 374Answer: B Page Ref: 374

9. Although security regimes are primarily a 20th century phenomenon, it is possible to identify earlier examples. The British and Americans established the __ agreement in 1817 to demilitarize the Great Lakes. a. Rush-Bagot d. Monroe-Walpole b. Smott-Hawley e. Adams-Pitt c. Baggins-Gamgee Answer: A Page Ref: 374Answer: A Page Ref: 374

10. The liberal theory of regime formation draws heavily on� a. coordination scenarios like the Battle of the Sexes. b. zero-sum competitive scenarios like poker. c. microeconomic game theories like the Prisoner�s Dilemma. d. deterrence scenarios like mutual assured destruction. e. Rousseau�s �stag hunt� metaphor. Answer: C Page Ref: 379Answer: C Page Ref: 379

11. The realist theory of regime formation draws heavily on� a. coordination scenarios like the Battle of the Sexes. b. zero-sum competitive scenarios like poker. c. microeconomic game theories like the Prisoner�s Dilemma. d. deterrence scenarios like mutual assured destruction. e. Rousseau�s �stag hunt� metaphor. Answer: A Page Ref: 382Answer: A Page Ref: 382

12. Good which can only be produced by collective decision, and cannot, therefore, be produced in the market place, are called� a. free stuff. d. exploited goods. b. public goods. e. alienated goods. c. extracted goods. Answer: B Page Ref: 377 & 383Answer: B Page Ref: 377 & 383

13. The negative consequences which can arise when actors fail to collaborate are called� a. catastrophes. d. public bads. b. civic erosion. e. market failures. c. service lacuna. Answer: D Page Ref: 377 & 383Answer: D Page Ref: 377 & 383

14. A system operating in the absence of norms or rules is described in the text as� a. Hobbesean. d. the state of nature. b. chaos. e. anomie. c. anarchy. Answer: E Page Ref: 383Answer: E Page Ref: 383

15. A system operating in the absence of any central government is described as� a. Hobbesean. d. the state of nature. b. chaos. e. anomie c. anarchy. Answer: C Page Ref: 383Answer: C Page Ref: 383

16. The principle of __, according to the authors, reflects a �tit for tat� strategy, only cooperating if others do likewise. In broader terms, __ is captured by the idea of the Golden Rule. a. reciprocity d. complimentarity b. selective e. perfidy inducement c. mutuality Answer: A Page Ref: 383Answer: A Page Ref: 383