Introduction to International Relations Exam Questions with Complete Solutions

Security - ANSWER-Power politics, conflict, and war Freedom - ANSWER-Cooperation, peace, and progress Order and justice - ANSWER-shared interests, rules, and institutions Welfare - ANSWER-wealth, poverty, and equality International Relations - ANSWER-is the study of conflict and cooperation by international actors, as furthered by the development and testing of hypotheses about international outcomes. Traditional View - ANSWER-States the value institutions: they provide security, freedom, order, justice, and welfare people benefit from the state system Alternative View - ANSWER-States and the state system create mire problems than they solve The majority of the world's people suffer more than they benefit from the state system Types of actors - ANSWER-States and Non- states Types of systems - ANSWER-Hierarchy Networks Anarchy Types of interactions between actors - ANSWER-Harmony, Coordination, Cooperation, Conflict state - ANSWER-a human community that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory Legitimacy - ANSWER-is the belief that those in power have the right to rule. Sources include: Traditional Charismatic Rational/Legal The Palestinian Authority - ANSWER-Not a state, because Israel retains the ability to use coercion in all its territory