Poli 105 Exam 1 UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
liberalism - CORRECT ANSWER - posed against realism. not a theory but a philosophical
approach. it is what people should do, not what they will do. hopeful. started in the 50s-60s. not
as variable driven as realism. cooperate variables. based on 5 principles: law, morality,
economics, institutions, and collective security (self-help). absolute gains is what states seek.
cooperation vs conflict. relative gains make states defect.
realists say idealists are - CORRECT ANSWER - "utopian" or not realistic. thus a theory
of realism is grounded in science and logic, not in what "ought to be". so the response is a theory
that says idealists underpinning are okay, but theory must be scientific, grounded in core
assumptions, logic and empirical evidence.
major flaws in realism - CORRECT ANSWER - - Static, not over time
- Does not explain cooperation—and the international system is mostly about cooperation
- Does not explain change very well (end of the cold war)
- Only explains short-term gains, relative gains
philosophically, liberalism follows: - CORRECT ANSWER - Kant, Adam Smith, J.S.
Mills, and Woodrow Wilson - new idealism, the League of Nations, post ww1
liberalism is about - CORRECT ANSWER - COOPERATION. COOPERATION
MATTERS.
liberals see the role of power as less absolute, grounded in military/security area
relative gains - CORRECT ANSWER - "states that wealth cannot be expanded and the
only way a state can become richer is to take wealth from another state".
realtive gains = realism
all states who seek relative gains will defect, thus, no collective action
, absolute gains - CORRECT ANSWER - "the total benefit that an actor recieves from a
particular outcome or action".
for liberals, absolute gains are what states seek - profits. liberals note that states do commit to
absolute gains in collective action - realists cannot explain this
liberalism explains - CORRECT ANSWER - ipe and non security issues
realism explains - CORRECT ANSWER - security stuff
collective action problem - CORRECT ANSWER - A situation in which the members of a
group would benefit by working together to produce some outcome, but each individual is better
off refusing to cooperate and reaping benefits from those who do the work." free riding
neoliberalism - CORRECT ANSWER - the most powerful and competing strand of
liberalism.
international institutions matter
neoliberalism, structural liberalism, and neoliberalism institutions are all the same thing
actors : anarchy, rationally, states as unitary actors
prefrences : are fixes and even security seeking states.
does not accept distribution of power as the source of cause in IR. they see the nature and
durability of institutions as the explanatory variable, especially in explaining cooperation that
results in absolute gains.
neorealists focus on - CORRECT ANSWER - security matters
neoliberal institutions - CORRECT ANSWER - place a greater emphasis on transnational
issues like economic and environmental issues
prisoner's dilemma - CORRECT ANSWER -
and CORRECT Answers
liberalism - CORRECT ANSWER - posed against realism. not a theory but a philosophical
approach. it is what people should do, not what they will do. hopeful. started in the 50s-60s. not
as variable driven as realism. cooperate variables. based on 5 principles: law, morality,
economics, institutions, and collective security (self-help). absolute gains is what states seek.
cooperation vs conflict. relative gains make states defect.
realists say idealists are - CORRECT ANSWER - "utopian" or not realistic. thus a theory
of realism is grounded in science and logic, not in what "ought to be". so the response is a theory
that says idealists underpinning are okay, but theory must be scientific, grounded in core
assumptions, logic and empirical evidence.
major flaws in realism - CORRECT ANSWER - - Static, not over time
- Does not explain cooperation—and the international system is mostly about cooperation
- Does not explain change very well (end of the cold war)
- Only explains short-term gains, relative gains
philosophically, liberalism follows: - CORRECT ANSWER - Kant, Adam Smith, J.S.
Mills, and Woodrow Wilson - new idealism, the League of Nations, post ww1
liberalism is about - CORRECT ANSWER - COOPERATION. COOPERATION
MATTERS.
liberals see the role of power as less absolute, grounded in military/security area
relative gains - CORRECT ANSWER - "states that wealth cannot be expanded and the
only way a state can become richer is to take wealth from another state".
realtive gains = realism
all states who seek relative gains will defect, thus, no collective action
, absolute gains - CORRECT ANSWER - "the total benefit that an actor recieves from a
particular outcome or action".
for liberals, absolute gains are what states seek - profits. liberals note that states do commit to
absolute gains in collective action - realists cannot explain this
liberalism explains - CORRECT ANSWER - ipe and non security issues
realism explains - CORRECT ANSWER - security stuff
collective action problem - CORRECT ANSWER - A situation in which the members of a
group would benefit by working together to produce some outcome, but each individual is better
off refusing to cooperate and reaping benefits from those who do the work." free riding
neoliberalism - CORRECT ANSWER - the most powerful and competing strand of
liberalism.
international institutions matter
neoliberalism, structural liberalism, and neoliberalism institutions are all the same thing
actors : anarchy, rationally, states as unitary actors
prefrences : are fixes and even security seeking states.
does not accept distribution of power as the source of cause in IR. they see the nature and
durability of institutions as the explanatory variable, especially in explaining cooperation that
results in absolute gains.
neorealists focus on - CORRECT ANSWER - security matters
neoliberal institutions - CORRECT ANSWER - place a greater emphasis on transnational
issues like economic and environmental issues
prisoner's dilemma - CORRECT ANSWER -
