Poli 105 Saladino Final Exam Review All Possible Questions and Answers with complete solution

Realism - Answer-state seeks material power and economic power Neorealism - Answer--States are rational unitary actors -States seek security not power -Relative Power and zero-sum Liberalism - Answer--Cooperation -Critical theory - realism and liberalism are not logical -absolut gains Neoliberalism - Answer-institutions matter Constructivism - Answer-based on an ideational ontology, rather than a material ontology. Thus constructivism is posed against both realism and liberalism Alexander Wendt - Answer-Anarchy is what states make of it Stephen Walt - Answer-Alliances: Balancing and Bandwagoning Collective Security - Answer--Assumes all states will participate (in a given system) -Does NOT distinguish between states Faux Realism - Answer--reduces to unit level variables (not systemic—looks inside states, inds.) -considers variables outside relative material to power Prisoner's Dilemma - Answer-A situation in which two (or more) actors cannot agree to cooperate for fear that the other will find its interest best served by reneging on an agreement. Bandwagoning - Answer-a strategy in which states join forces with the stronger side in a conflictBalancing - Answer-Allying with others against the extreme threat Kenneth Waltz - Answer--Theory of International Politics -Wants least amount of poles of power-bipolar is most stable Polarity - Answer-poles of power determine the configuration of any international system Security Dilemma - Answer-In an anarchic international system, one with no common central power, when one state seeks to improve its security it creates insecurity in other states. Idealism - Answer-A theory of international relations that focuses on the hope the nations will act together to solve international problems and promote peace. E.H. Carr - Answer--20 Years Crisis :(first to call Realism/ define it) -Says realism is the balance of power among a state (Classical realism) Bismarck - Answer--Minister of the Prussian empire -Manipulated power and war until Prussia became Germany in 1871 -Manipulation of power and war became a driving force for the creation of IR and the early ideas of realism Hans Morgenthau - Answer-Realist. Believed that humans are motivated by a will to power. Emphasized realistic diplomacy, based on an analysis of balance of power and the need to promote the national interest. Absolute Gains (Liberalism) - Answer--What states seek -profit better outcomes