Exam 6: Nonstate Actors and the Quest for Global

Annual revenues for the MNC Wal-Mart greatly exceed the GNP of most of the world's countries.

MNCs that produce the same goods in different countries so that their horizontal organization means they are not tied to any one state are called _______________________________ .

List two regional organizations and note what the main purpose of each is.

The UN is said to be a mirror of world politics, not an alternative to it. According to this view, the UN reflects the forces outside the organization that have animated world politics since World War II. Do you agree with this description of the UN? Cite evidence to support your position.

The poorest twenty-eight percent of the UN's members count for less than ____________________ of the organization's 2010-2011 budget.

In contrast to the unitary actor model, many states are actually composed of a variety of ethnic groups seeking a greater share of power within the state.

Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) are purposely created by states to solve individual state problems and are, therefore, considered less important than NGOs.

A nongovernment organization (NGO) operates as an intermediary between those with resources and a targeted group to address global problems.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

One of the purposes of the World Bank is to address poverty through the Poverty Reduction Strategy.

Institutions created and joined by states' governments, which give them authority to make collective decisions to manage particular problems on the global agenda are known as ____________________.