NS3003 EXAM 2 (FSU) Questions With Correct Answers!!

In order to be part of the UN you must be considered a - Answer-State United nations uses what type of system - Answer-democratic system - each state gets a vote Democracy developed with - Answer-the nation-state system which expanded, as did democracy Post- Cold war predictions - Answer-- Realists are uncomfortable w/ the end of the cold war: ended bi-polarity that predicted conflict - Liberals believed everything was interconnected; peace through international efforts of cooperation Meirsheimer (realist) - Answer-- He thought Europe would break into chaos with the multipolar system. - turbulent time and conflict Samuel Huntington - Answer-- "Clash of Civilizations" - Predicts conflict on a huge scale but civilizational Francis Fukuyama - Answer-- "The end of history" - a more optimistic view on what is to come . - The end of the cold war & communism allowed for a major explosion of democracy; democratization increased peace and global prosperity. - PROBLEM: sounds odd, often misinterpreted because of title - Views history as an evolution of ideas on political governments - History is searching for that perfect system of government, which is based on ideas - He sees the end of history as the point were history has been fulfilled. Democracy is enough, all we need. Waves of democracy: - Answer-- Fukuyama's work was a specific response to the spread of democracy. He argued that this continuous increase is evidence that people around the world were realizing that democracy is the best form of governance - There was a roadblock to democracy leading up to WWI - Democracy continuously rising starting in the 1980s- Fresh off the enlightenment (before the World Wars) The modern democracy - Answer-- Great Britain, France etc - This wave hit a roadblock, there was a rise of authoritarian government and war itself Second wave of democracy - Answer-- New states are developing democracy - End of cold war caused a huge spike in democracy - Eastern European countries also developed a democratic system Third wave of democracy - Answer-- A confirmation that democracy was the best form of government "The End of History" is described as: - Answer-"The end point of mankind ideological evolution & the universalization of western liberal democracy as the final form of human government" - Liberal democracy is the best form of governance for all mankind Neo Liberals: - Answer-- Don't see ideology as a determining factor, unlike Fukuyama who did identity & constructivism category which is consistent with his ideas, norms, and values. Hegel - Answer-- German philosoph