POLS 3053: International Relations

1
POLS 3053International Relations

• Chapter 8 Liberalism
• Question Universe

2
According to __, international affairs have been
the nemesis of Liberalism. The essence of
Liberalism is self-restraint, moderation,
compromise and peace, whereas the essence of
international relations is exactly the
opposite...

• a. Samuel Huntington d. Robert Dahl
• b. Gabriel Almond e. Stanley Hoffman
• c. Karl Deutsch

3
Among the characteristics of the liberal approach
include all of the following EXCEPT

• a. belief in the possibility of progress.
• b. that sometimes it is cruel to be kind.
• c. belief in individual equality.
• d. the belief that markets are the most fair
  system of economic exchange.
• e. the legislative assembly of the state
  possesses only the authority invested in it by
  the people.

4
The liberal tradition in political thought goes
back at least as far as the thinking of __, in
the late 17th century.

• a. Thomas Hobbes d. John Locke
• b. John Stuart Mill e. E. H. Carr
• c. Niccoló Machiavelli

5
Another important intellectual predecessor of
liberal thought was the German philosopher __,
whose Perpetual Peace asserted that the spread
of democracy would lead to the abolition of war.

• a. Georg Hegel d. Karl Marx
• b. Immanuel Kant e. Karl Popper
• c. Friedrich Nietzsche

6
The English utilitarian philosopher __ believed
in the power of international law to solve the
problem of warfare.

• Jean-Jacques d. Bertrand Russell
• Rousseau e. John Locke
• b. Karl Marx
• c. Jeremy Bentham

7
Mid-19th century English thinker __ believed that
free trade would create interdependent harmony
of interests among nations that would render war
too costly to wage.

• a. Richard Cobden d. John Locke
• b. Bertrand Russell e. John Rawls
• c. John Stuart Mill

8
Over __ million people were killed in WWI, which
lent force to the liberal argument against war.

• a. 10 d. 25
• b. 15 e. 30
• c. 20

9
In January of 1918, President __ delivered to
Congress his famous 14 Points address calling
for a general association of nations to be
formed to preserve the peace.

• William Howard d. Calvin Coolidge
• Taft
• b. Theodore Roosevelt e. Woodrow Wilson
• c. Warren Harding

10
The experience of the League of Nations was

• a. largely positive. d. all of the above.
• b. a disaster. e. none of the
  above.
• c. mixed.

11
The liberal default support for the principle of
self-determination masked a number of practical
and moral problems, including

• a. newly created minorities who might feel no
  allegiance to the newly created state.
• b. determining eligibility in the electoral
  process.
• c. the possible rejection of liberal democratic
  norms by the newly self-determined state.
• d. all of the above.
• e. none of the above.

12
According to the history of the discipline of
International Relations, the collapse of the
League of Nations dealt a fatal blow to

• a. Radicalism. d. Pragmatism.
• b. Idealism. e. Realism.
• c. Liberalism.

13
The primary contribution of the Pluralists to
International Relations was the elaboration of
__, a condition where states are affected by
decisions taken by others.

• a. dependency d. interdependence
• b. sensitivity e. reciprocity
• c. vulnerability

14
In his important work A Theory of Justice,
American philosopher __ perpetuates what the
authors describe as the myth of
self-sufficiency, by leaving matters of equity
and justice up to each state.

• a. John Rawls d. John Galston
• b. Bruce Ackerman e. Michael Walzer
• c. Ronald Dworkin

15
Realists have criticized pluralists ideas about
the level of economic interconnectedness in
international relations, arguing that great
powers still exert a disproportionate amount of
influence over smaller states.

• a. Samuel Huntington d. Kenneth Waltz
• b. Hans Morgenthau e. Robert Cox
• c. Robert Keohane

16
Liberal values can be pursued in a variety of
ways. For example, advocates of the __ approach
believe that the problems of globalization can be
addressed by a combination of strong democratic
states in the core of the international system,
robust regimes, and open markets and institutions.

• a.Liberalism of privilege d. Elitist
  Liberalism
• b. Pragmatic Liberalism e. Rawlsian
• c. imperialist

17
The notion of an imperialistic democracy seems
counterintuitive, but history offers several
examples of democratic states taking on imperial
ambitions. A classic pre-modern example is

• a. China d. Athens
• b. Egypt e. Russia
• c. Macedonia

18
Another strategy for spreading liberalism the
authors describe as the __ approach argues that
there is a deficit of democracy at the
international level, and that democratic values
need to be extended into the economic as well as
the political realm.

• a. Pragmatic Liberal d. Radical
  Liberal
• b. Democratic Liberal e. Socialist
• c. Liberalism of Privilege