POS 486 Midterm Review 2025/2026
Exam Questions and Answers | A+ Score
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One of these is not a feature of the contemporary "global economy": - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔All significant non-tariff barriers to trade have been
eliminated, and distance, history and culture no longer influence patterns of
trade
One of these statements is a contradiction in globalization today: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔the context of rising nationalism and populism
The (problematic) "Hyperglobalization Thesis" predicts a simple
convergence on a liberal model of capitalism and assumes all of the
following except: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Markets for goods and services are far
from being integrated globally; as such, national economies have continued
to reflect non-competitive populist demands
,The "varieties of capitalism" approach to comparative capitalism predicts a
complex or dual convergence on either a liberal market model or a
coordinated market model. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
The central theme in the claim that globalization has rendered the state
vulnerable is that the principles of legitimacy, sovereignty and duty and/or
obligations of states today confront forces of change that are undermining
sovereignty, namely - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔All of the Above
a. the new global and transnational issues and multiple actors required to
govern these issues
b. the inability of the state to solve domestic and foreign policy problems on
its own
c. the technology revolutions in transport, finance, and transportation.
One of these is not a realist/neorealist critique of the "sovereignty at bay"
argument that suggests that the processes of globalization are eroding the
autonomy, capacity and sovereignty of the state: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Economic globalization, regional integration, and increasing transborder
flows have actually strengthened state power because each of these
processes requires a strong or capable state
, The "tragedy of the commons" is, effectively, a modern-day morality tale
indicative of a more general disparity between the need for and supply of
effective institutions and mechanisms of global governance. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔True
Intra-regional trade accounts for an ever-growing share of global economic
activity today than ever before. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
One of these does not fit the anti-globalization argument that globalization
leads to the exploitation of foreign impoverished workers: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔lax labor laws enable workers to exercise option to leave low-paying
jobs
Recent worldwide protests against police racism and brutality and the
toppling of statues commemorating white supremacists have little
relevance to the International Relations (IR) discipline because IR is a
value-free science and its founding and evolution over the years have been
neutral about the historical legacy of systemic racism and the enduring
inequalities it has created. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False
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Exam Questions and Answers | A+ Score
Assured
One of these is not a feature of the contemporary "global economy": - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔All significant non-tariff barriers to trade have been
eliminated, and distance, history and culture no longer influence patterns of
trade
One of these statements is a contradiction in globalization today: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔the context of rising nationalism and populism
The (problematic) "Hyperglobalization Thesis" predicts a simple
convergence on a liberal model of capitalism and assumes all of the
following except: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Markets for goods and services are far
from being integrated globally; as such, national economies have continued
to reflect non-competitive populist demands
,The "varieties of capitalism" approach to comparative capitalism predicts a
complex or dual convergence on either a liberal market model or a
coordinated market model. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
The central theme in the claim that globalization has rendered the state
vulnerable is that the principles of legitimacy, sovereignty and duty and/or
obligations of states today confront forces of change that are undermining
sovereignty, namely - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔All of the Above
a. the new global and transnational issues and multiple actors required to
govern these issues
b. the inability of the state to solve domestic and foreign policy problems on
its own
c. the technology revolutions in transport, finance, and transportation.
One of these is not a realist/neorealist critique of the "sovereignty at bay"
argument that suggests that the processes of globalization are eroding the
autonomy, capacity and sovereignty of the state: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Economic globalization, regional integration, and increasing transborder
flows have actually strengthened state power because each of these
processes requires a strong or capable state
, The "tragedy of the commons" is, effectively, a modern-day morality tale
indicative of a more general disparity between the need for and supply of
effective institutions and mechanisms of global governance. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔True
Intra-regional trade accounts for an ever-growing share of global economic
activity today than ever before. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
One of these does not fit the anti-globalization argument that globalization
leads to the exploitation of foreign impoverished workers: - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔lax labor laws enable workers to exercise option to leave low-paying
jobs
Recent worldwide protests against police racism and brutality and the
toppling of statues commemorating white supremacists have little
relevance to the International Relations (IR) discipline because IR is a
value-free science and its founding and evolution over the years have been
neutral about the historical legacy of systemic racism and the enduring
inequalities it has created. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False
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