Theorıes Of Internatıonal Relatıons I Ara 1. Deneme Sınavı
Toplam 20 Soru1.Soru
Which of the followings could also be used instead of "realism"?
Machiavellianism |
Marxism |
Positivism |
Liberalism |
Pluralism |
2.Soru
Which of the following is NOT one of the strands of classical liberal theory?
Sociological liberalism |
Commercial liberalism |
Republican liberalism |
Democratic liberalism |
Regulatory liberalism |
Robert Keohane in his studies, listed three strands of classical liberal theory as (1) commercial liberalism about the pacific effects of trade, (2) democratic liberalism about pacific effects of republican governments, (3) regulatory liberalism about rules and institutions for relations between countries. Joseph Nye has added a fourth one (4) sociological liberalism about the effects of transnational ties on national attitudes and interests.
3.Soru
Which of the following is the core element of imperialism as put forth by Vladimir L. Lenin?
free competition |
formation of national banks |
export of commodities |
monopoly |
financial investments. |
Lenin’s theory of imperialism revolves around the idea of systematic exploitation of poor economies by rich economies. According to Lenin, monopoly is the key to understand this exploitation in that it represents the highest stage of capitalism.The correct answer is D.
4.Soru
Which option is not a feature that a human has for realist scholars?
interest oriented |
sinful |
egoist |
obedient |
power seeking |
According to the realist paradigm, nature of human has important results for the international politics. For realist scholars, human is naturally sinful, egoist, interest oriented, aggressive and all the time power seeking in character.
5.Soru
Which below is not one of the four realist assumptions?
Military and related political issues dominate world politics. |
States are influenced to a great extent by international organizations. |
States are unitary actors. |
States are rational actors. |
States are central actors in world politics. |
Acoording to realist theory, international organizations have no capacity to do more than its member states want to do and they have very little influence on state behavior (Mearsheimer, 1994).
6.Soru
____________________ creates a kind of order and constitutes the distinction between anarchy and chaos.
National security |
Moral principle |
Balance of power |
Religious consideration |
Regulating mechanism |
Balance of power creates a kind of order and constitutes the distinction between anarchy and chaos.
7.Soru
International relations were divided into three categories as traditional theories, global society theories and Maxist theories by.......... What is the best option to complete the statement above?
Holsti |
Viotti and Kauppi |
Barry Buzan |
Shimko |
Smith |
- International relations can be divided into three categories such as “traditional theories, global society theories and neo-Marxist theories” as Holsti accepted.
- It can be named differently such as “realism, pluralism and globalism” (Viotti andKauppi, 1993).
- Barry Buzan identified the theories of international relations as “conservatism, liberalism and radicalism”.
- Indeed, realism, liberalism and Marxism are the fundamental divisions which are very common in different studies.
- On the other hand, Shimko used the basic division of realism and liberalism and further elaborated it with the division as Machiavellianism, Grotianism and Kantianism.
8.Soru
The notion that members of the proletariat unwittingly misperceive their real position in society and systematically misunderstand their true interests within the social relations of production under capitalism is ...
Alienation |
False Consciousness |
Class consciousness |
Communism |
Utilitarianism |
False consciousness, in Marxist philosophy, refers to the notion that members of the proletariat unwittingly misperceive their real position in society and systematically misunderstand their true interests within the social relations of production under capitalism. False consciousness, to Marx, denotes people’s inability to recognize inequality, oppression, and exploitation in a capitalist society.
9.Soru
Which information below is not true about rationalism?
Observation is the source of knowledge. |
It is represented by certain philosophers such as Descartes, Leibniz and Spinoza. |
This thought was developed by the scientific revolutions of Newton, Kepler and Galileo. |
Rationalism reached to the top with Hegel. |
Rationalism has adopted deduction as a scientific method. |
- Another epistemology is rationalism which is represented by certain philosophers belonging to Cartesian School such as Descartes, Leibniz and Spinoza.
- This thought was developed by the scientific revolutions of Newton, Kepler and Galileo.
- Rationalism reached to the top with Hegel.
- Rationalism has adopted deduction as a scientific method that depends on the reason and intuition as well as a source of knowledge rather than observation and experiment and it is called as a
priori knowledge.
10.Soru
Which one of the following is not one of the differences between realism and neorealism?
Neorealism gives no account of human nature and it disregards the statecraft ethics. |
Neorealism puts the emphasis on leaders and their decisions. |
Politics is governed by objective laws that have their roots in human nature in neorealism. |
Neorealism rejects the legalistic-moralistic approach to international politics. |
Neorealists emphasize the primacy of absolute gain to take a better position at international scene. |
Neorealism puts the emphasis on leaders and their decisions.
11.Soru
Which of the following suggests that the accuracy of an opinion or thought can only be understood by looking at the success in practice?
conservatism |
rationalism |
positivism |
pragmatism |
behaviorism |
According to pragmatism, our beliefs influence our actions directly and orientate them to a certain way. If the impact of beliefs over our actions lead to the success and effectiveness of our behaviors then it is acceptable. Therefore, beliefs and theories are evaluated according to the contribution to the realization of the supposed research purposes; this can only be learned and tested through experience. The accuracy of an opinion or thought can only be understood by looking at the success in practice. This is briefly called as pragmatist verification.
12.Soru
What is the main focus for international relations according to the liberal theory?
Anarchy |
Security |
Peace |
War |
Military |
This Kantian Liberalism approach sees international relations (IR) as a cooperation process, and there are certain rules restricting the states to use power rather than to see the international relations as a war among gladiators or struggle of interest between states as in the Hobbesian thought. According to this approach, there is no anarchy and no state of war in IR. Peace is the main focus for international relations. The correct option is C.
13.Soru
Which of the followings defines the idea that states have to deal with their own security problem?
high politics |
security dilemma |
central authority |
military capability |
self help |
One of the important premises of realism (particularly neo-realism) is the anarchical structure of the international system. There is no central authority to govern the relations among states. In such an international environment, naturally providing security becomes the main concern of states. States have to deal with their own security problem that is called as the rule of “self help”. Since all states behave the same way, no state can attain utmost security; rather feed the insecurity for all states that is called as the security dilemma
14.Soru
According to Haas (1970), which of the following is NOT one of the regularities observed within the industrialized-pluralistic nations?
Collective decisions |
Limiting the media |
Spill-over |
The faith of elites in increased integration |
Mutual interests of governments and groups |
Haas defined integration as “a process for the creation of political communities defined in institutional and attitudinal terms” (Haas, 1970, 610- 611). Among his generalizations for the regularities observed within the industrialized-pluralistic nations (such as the case of economic integration of Western Europe) were: (1) interests of the governments and groups in direction of interdependence and mutual benefits (2) collective decisions, (3) spill-over and (4) the faith of elites in increased integration.
15.Soru
“It is the dominant ideology of the society that reflects the beliefs and interests of the ruling class. This term refers to the ability of a group of people to hold power over social institutions, and thus, to strongly influence the values, norms and worldview of the rest of society”.
Which terms is described by the above sentences?
Capitalist system |
Ruling class |
Social condition |
Cultural hegemony |
Division of labor |
Cultural hegemony
16.Soru
Which of the following is the main object of study or the unit of analysis in classical liberalism?
Social interactions within and across states |
Individuals and their behavior |
States in an international infrastructure |
Non-governmental international organizations |
Violent anti-government groups |
In classical liberalism, individual is the main object of study (unit of analysis), not groups, societies or nations. The correct answer is B.
17.Soru
______________ tends to take a less rigid and more modern approach to analyzing a situation, focusing especially on the issues of underdeveloped and core-developed country relations.
Marxism |
Imperialism |
Socialism |
Neo-Marxism |
Communism |
Neo-Marxism
18.Soru
___________ value is the difference between the amount of exchange and value created by workers.
Wage |
Product |
Labor |
Surplus |
Worker |
Surplus
19.Soru
Which of the following is the main area in which neoclassical perspective differ from both classical realism and neorealism?
Domestic society |
Anarchy |
Statecraft ethics |
Social science |
Leadership |
Comparison of Classical realism, neorealism, and neoclassical realism
Classical Neorealism Neoclassical
Anarchy yes yes yes
State power yes yes yes
Leadership yes no yes
Statecraft ethics yes no no
Domestic society no no yes
Social science no yes yes
The correct answer is A.
20.Soru
What refers to the notion that members of the proletariat unwittingly misperceive their real position in society and systematically misunderstand their true interests within the social relations of production under capitalism?
What refers to the notion that members of the proletariat unwittingly misperceive their real position in society and systematically misunderstand their true interests within the social relations of production under capitalism?
False consciousness |
Dialectics |
Marxism |
Socialism |
Alienation |
False consciousness, in Marxist philosophy, refers to the notion that members of the proletariat unwittingly misperceive their real position in society and systematically misunderstand their true interests within the social relations of production under capitalism. False consciousness, to Marx, denotes people’s inability to recognize inequality, oppression, and exploitation in a capitalist society (www.britannica.com).
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