Deneme Sınavı Soruları

Which of the following is the type of constructivism that incorporates values, norms and other ideational factors into their theorizing without rejecting the canons of science, standards, and methodologies for testing hypotheses or propositions?

While recognizing the importance of material factors, constructivism suggests that structure also consists of social elements except ___________________. 

I. It aims at removing the traditional dichotomy between system and unit levels of analysis and tries to bridge the two domains.

II. It argues that states’ corporate and social identities continuously interact with each other and states’ foreign policies are the product of this interaction.

III. According to this approach, any transformation in the corporate identity of a state -as a result of domestic conditions- will eventually affect the identity formation at the international level where states will try to reset their priorities in accordance with the new identity” (Nia, 2011: 282).

What kind of constructivism is described by the above sentences?

Which of the following theories can be defined as the takeover of territory, appropriation of material resources, exploitation of labor and interference with political and cultural structures of another territory or nation?

Which of the followings refers to the concept suggested by Anthony Giddens as a way of analyzing the relationship between structures and actors?

I. Economic threats can have direct consequences for individuals.

II. One can detect various referent objects at different levels.

III. An economic crisis can hamper individuals' access to basic necessities.

Which of the above is correct regarding the Economic Sector?

Which of the following is defined as sets of units whose security processes and dynamics are so interlinked that security problems cannot reasonably be analyzed and resolved apart from one another?

Which of the following is not true about the ways the Copenhagen School has contributed the concept of security?

1. States no longer see each other as enemies or rivals, but friends and “the scope of shared norms is much more extensive”
2. This culture is the closest one to a collective security system where states identify with each other and define their interests collectively.
3. States form a community.
   Whose culture system has these features?

Which of the following scholar argued that society without a supreme ruler resembles a state of nature?

Which of the following poststructuralist scholar introduced the double reading to literature as a deconstruction style?

"USA identified herself as the “civilized”, Soviet Union as the “ barbaric other” through discourse."

The above sentence is an example for posstructuralism's focusing on:

_____________deals with the imposition of present on the past. This methodology focuses on the complex relationship between discourse and power, and tries to show that history is shaped within the framework of these relations and does not have continuity.

• According to him, imperialism is a chain of foreign policies aimed at changing power relations between two or more states and destroying the status quo in their favor. He asserts it worth stressing not “what imperialism is” but rather “what imperialism is not”.
• Morgenthau, does not accept any attempt by states to increase their powers in the international arena as imperialism.
• He defines that imperialism is reversing the power relation between two or more states and rebuilds the status quo.
  Who is the scholar mentioned above?

1. The theory of securization argues that threats are discursively constructed.
2. Securitization like politicization has to be understood as essentially an intersubjective process.
3. When the process of securitization is successfully accomplished, it does not legitimize the use of extraordinary measures to deal with a threat.
4. Securitization legitimizes the use of force.
   Which of the above are true about the theory of securitization?

Which of the following is the primary referent object according to Realism?

“It urges to offer an alternative to the Eurocentric stance and notions of Western domination by challenging “western ideas” in all areas namely literature, history, linguistic, identity and gender”.

Which theory is explained by the sentences above?

1. In terms of epistemology and methodology, it can be divided into three main categories as neoclassical, postmodern and naturalistic.
2. It entails a wide range of theoretical perspectives whose common denominators include “an emphasis on the importance of normative as well as material structures, on the role of identity in shaping political action and on the mutually constitutive relationship between agents and structures”.
3. All approaches of this type agree on the definition of structure and the role of identity in international politics.
   What is the approach defined above?

1. The most important feature that differentiates poststructuralist approaches from other social theories, including constructivism, is that language/ discourse is the basis of its ontology.
2. While constructivists are interested in what a state’s identity is and how it affects foreign policy, poststructuralists are interested in how any difference is marginalized by discourse as contrast, danger, or threat.
3. Poststructuralists do not adopt an attitude that accepts identity’s causal effects on foreign policy even though identity is considered as one of potential causal influences on foreign policy in social constructivist approaches.
4. It is worth noting that poststructuralists, and constructivists constitute their analyses on different perspectives.
5. Poststructuralist approach highligts how the sovereign states, even the liberal ones, construct themselves through violence and exclusion.

Which of the above are correct related to the features that differentiate poststructualist approaches from other social theories in the context of International Relations?

Which IR theorist stands out as one of the most important figures in Constructivist IR theory?