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Chapter 1: Globalization and global politics
Short answer questions
1. Define globalization (40 words or less).
2. What are the four ‘waves’ of globalization?
3. Define ‘time-space compression’ in the context of contemporary global politics (25
words or less).
4. What is ‘deterritorialization’?
5. What are the three engines of globalization?
6. What is a ‘multiplex order’?
7. Briefly, what is the sceptical view of globalization?
8. Briefly, how does the rise of authoritarianism threaten the legitimacy of the consensus
that promoted and sustained globalization for many decades and the consensus
underlying the liberal world order?
9. What two developments characterize Globalization 4.0?
10. How is economic globalization measured?
Essay questions
1. What, in your view, are the positive aspects of globalization?
2. What, in your view, are the negative aspects of globalization?
3. How does globalization challenge traditional theories of world politics?
4. What are the main challenges to the state in the current era of globalization?
5. Do you think globalization can be reversed? Why or why not?
6. Which position on the current crisis of globalization and the liberal world order do you
find most compelling: sceptical, globalist/liberal, or globalist/transformationalist?
Defend your position with reference to empirical examples.
7. How has the 2008 global financial crisis impacted globalization?
8. How might a post-Western liberal order differ from the liberal world order?
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9. Do you believe that the emerging global order with be a ‘multiplex order’? Why or why
not?
10. According to this chapter, in some respects, the most significant threats to globalization
and the liberal world order now emanate from the US and within the West. Do you
agree or disagree with this statement? Why?
11. According to this chapter, some argue that a fourth wave of globalization is now in the
making. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
12. Compare the realist and Marxist variants of the sceptical view of globalization. How are
they similar? How do they differ? Are you convinced by either of these arguments?
Why or why not?
13. To what extent is the current era of globalization characterized by a denationalization
of power in world politics? Discuss with reference to specific examples.
14. In what ways has globalization been experienced unevenly across the world and even
within countries? Discuss with reference to specific empirical examples.
15. How have the revolutions in modern transport and communication technologies
enabled contemporary globalization? Discuss with reference to specific examples.
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Chapter 2: The rise of modern international order
Short answer questions
1. Define ‘international order’ (40 words or less).
2. Briefly explain the ‘standard of civilization’.
3. List three answers given by scholars to the question of when international order first
emerged.
4. List three types of ‘regularized exchange’.
5. Briefly explain the significance of the Peace of Westphalia, according to the
conventional view.
6. Define the ‘global transformation’.
7. List five explanations for the ‘great divergence’.
8. Briefly explain the significance of steamships for enabling the ‘shrinking’ of the planet.
9. Briefly explain the link between imperialism and the ‘great divergence’.
10. Briefly explain the link between industrialization and the ‘great divergence’.
Essay questions
1. What, in your view, is useful about the concept of international order?
2. To what extent is the ‘standard of civilization’ still evident in contemporary international
order? Discuss with reference to specific empirical cases.
3. Evaluate three answers given by scholars to the question of when international order
first emerged. Which answer do you find most compelling? Why?
4. How does the contemporary international order differ from those in the past? Discuss
with reference to at least two historical examples.
5. Is ‘international order’ just a cover for power politics? Why or why not?
6. ‘The rise of the West did not emerge from its own strengths’. To what extent do you
agree with this statement? Explain your answer using historical examples of
imperialism, global economic exploitation, and the period of industrialization.
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Globalization of World Politics
Introduction to International Relations
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Baylis, Smith and Owens: The Globalization of World Politics 8e
Question bank
Chapter 1: Globalization and global politics
Short answer questions
1. Define globalization (40 words or less).
2. What are the four ‘waves’ of globalization?
3. Define ‘time-space compression’ in the context of contemporary global politics (25
words or less).
4. What is ‘deterritorialization’?
5. What are the three engines of globalization?
6. What is a ‘multiplex order’?
7. Briefly, what is the sceptical view of globalization?
8. Briefly, how does the rise of authoritarianism threaten the legitimacy of the consensus
that promoted and sustained globalization for many decades and the consensus
underlying the liberal world order?
9. What two developments characterize Globalization 4.0?
10. How is economic globalization measured?
Essay questions
1. What, in your view, are the positive aspects of globalization?
2. What, in your view, are the negative aspects of globalization?
3. How does globalization challenge traditional theories of world politics?
4. What are the main challenges to the state in the current era of globalization?
5. Do you think globalization can be reversed? Why or why not?
6. Which position on the current crisis of globalization and the liberal world order do you
find most compelling: sceptical, globalist/liberal, or globalist/transformationalist?
Defend your position with reference to empirical examples.
7. How has the 2008 global financial crisis impacted globalization?
8. How might a post-Western liberal order differ from the liberal world order?
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9. Do you believe that the emerging global order with be a ‘multiplex order’? Why or why
not?
10. According to this chapter, in some respects, the most significant threats to globalization
and the liberal world order now emanate from the US and within the West. Do you
agree or disagree with this statement? Why?
11. According to this chapter, some argue that a fourth wave of globalization is now in the
making. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
12. Compare the realist and Marxist variants of the sceptical view of globalization. How are
they similar? How do they differ? Are you convinced by either of these arguments?
Why or why not?
13. To what extent is the current era of globalization characterized by a denationalization
of power in world politics? Discuss with reference to specific examples.
14. In what ways has globalization been experienced unevenly across the world and even
within countries? Discuss with reference to specific empirical examples.
15. How have the revolutions in modern transport and communication technologies
enabled contemporary globalization? Discuss with reference to specific examples.
© Oxford University Press, 2020.
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Baylis, Smith and Owens: The Globalization of World Politics 8e
Question bank
Chapter 2: The rise of modern international order
Short answer questions
1. Define ‘international order’ (40 words or less).
2. Briefly explain the ‘standard of civilization’.
3. List three answers given by scholars to the question of when international order first
emerged.
4. List three types of ‘regularized exchange’.
5. Briefly explain the significance of the Peace of Westphalia, according to the
conventional view.
6. Define the ‘global transformation’.
7. List five explanations for the ‘great divergence’.
8. Briefly explain the significance of steamships for enabling the ‘shrinking’ of the planet.
9. Briefly explain the link between imperialism and the ‘great divergence’.
10. Briefly explain the link between industrialization and the ‘great divergence’.
Essay questions
1. What, in your view, is useful about the concept of international order?
2. To what extent is the ‘standard of civilization’ still evident in contemporary international
order? Discuss with reference to specific empirical cases.
3. Evaluate three answers given by scholars to the question of when international order
first emerged. Which answer do you find most compelling? Why?
4. How does the contemporary international order differ from those in the past? Discuss
with reference to at least two historical examples.
5. Is ‘international order’ just a cover for power politics? Why or why not?
6. ‘The rise of the West did not emerge from its own strengths’. To what extent do you
agree with this statement? Explain your answer using historical examples of
imperialism, global economic exploitation, and the period of industrialization.
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