Exam 14: World Politics in Context

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Which theoretical perspective suggests that there is not an ethical debate regarding trade and development because, they argue, capitalism is the natural economic order?

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What are the theoretical perspectives when it comes to the ethical debates regarding trade and development? In your opinion, which is more convincing?

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∙\bullet Realism: Trade and development are opportunities for gains in relative advantage and overall power.
o Trade and development are extractive processes that yield unequal benefits to greater powers.
∙\bullet Liberalism: Trade and development are a natural process where all benefit.
o Each individual and each state can gain.
o Decries realist view that trade and development cannot be a cooperative game
∙\bullet Constructivism: consider economic institutions that have been created to foster trade and development as well as the assumptions underlying them
∙\bullet Marxism: trade and development are merely a means to enhance the power of core states relative to those in the periphery
o Perceives the system as unfair

List the four Geneva Conventions and briefly explain what they cover.

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∙\bullet First deals with wounded and sick soldiers on the battlefield
∙\bullet Second deals with wounded, sick, and shipwrecked sailors
∙\bullet Third focuses on POWs
∙\bullet Fourth focuses on civilians in times of war

Which theoretical perspective favors natural law?

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Of the theoretical perspectives, which argues that the future can be radically different because people's identities and interpretations of the world change?

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How is the study of world politics related to other subfields of political science?

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The general ethical debate regarding trade and development focuses on

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Which subdiscipline of political science focuses on states' domestic structures and functions?

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List at least three ethical debates discussed and briefly explain the realist view of each.

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Which theoretical perspective views trade and development issues as opportunities to gain a relative advantage over others and to enhance state power?

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In the case of the Syrian civil war, international leaders chose

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_________ point to the reality that there has been a process of social learning that has influenced the evolution of international law that addresses warfare.

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Explain how the case of Syria illustrates the ethical dilemma regarding intervention. In your opinion, should the international community intervene?

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What are the criteria for jus in bello?

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Which theoretical perspective favors self-awareness and deliberate, considered behavior?

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In terms of ethics, realists

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In your opinion, was the war in Iraq just? Does it meet the criteria of jus ad bellum and jus in bello?

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The concept of sovereignty as a rule of the international system has been in place since

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There have been a total of ________ Geneva Conventions addressing the rules of war.

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Briefly explain the difficulty in adhering to a just war theory.

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