URI PSC 116 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 2023/2024
Prisoners dilemma - ANSWER-anarchy creates situations where it is irrational for states to cooperate.
dominant strategy - ANSWER-to defect, receive a higher payoff regardless of the other country's
decision, both do not strike
tit for tat strategy - ANSWER-actors evoke cooperation if they cooperate on the first move and then do
whatever the other player does on subsequent moves
mafia solution - ANSWER-disproportionate responses, "if you give in ill kill your family" -- mafia "if you
give in ill let you go, no charges" -- police
hegemonic state - ANSWER-a state powerful enough to enforce cooperation through threat of force
general assembly - ANSWER-- 193 members
- all states regardless of size, have equal rights and each has a single vote.
- looks like a legislature in that representatives from the states of the world gather to debate and pass
resolutions on the issue of the day
- main purpose is to provide a forum for debate on global issues and to express when possible
international consensus
security council - ANSWER-- 15 member council within the UN in charge of dealing with threats to
international security
- purpose is to help avoid conflict in the international arena by performing deterrent peacekeeping and
negotiating functions
secretariat - ANSWER-- has roughly 8900 employees which perform, organizational, budgetary,
translation, research, and other support services and administers decisions.
, - supports UN agencies
- headed by a secretary- general
economic and social council - ANSWER-- oversee work on economic and social issues
- today it is a well known set of commissions and specialized agencies
EX: UNICEF, WHO, NUCLEAR NON PROLIFERATION TREATY, IAEA
international political economy - ANSWER-- the two-way relationship between international politics and
international economics
- the link between economies mean that even policies that are intended solely for domestic purposes
have international repercussions
globalization - ANSWER-- the rapid increase in the cross-border movement of goods, money, people, and
ideas
- increases both the conflict inherent in international commerce and the need to find negotiated
solutions
economic theories - ANSWER-- explanations that focus on the type and intensity of the actors
- an approach of IPE
political theories - ANSWER-- explanations that focus on the strategic and institutional environment in
which interests are translated into policy
- concerned about the distributional outcomes of policy
- an approach of IPE
economic determinism - ANSWER-- the assumption that political behavior is driven by economic
motivations and that political outcomes are determined by economic power
- also assumes that wealth can be converted into other sources
distributional outcomes - ANSWER-- who benefits ? who wins?
- who gets hurt? who loses?
ANSWERS 2023/2024
Prisoners dilemma - ANSWER-anarchy creates situations where it is irrational for states to cooperate.
dominant strategy - ANSWER-to defect, receive a higher payoff regardless of the other country's
decision, both do not strike
tit for tat strategy - ANSWER-actors evoke cooperation if they cooperate on the first move and then do
whatever the other player does on subsequent moves
mafia solution - ANSWER-disproportionate responses, "if you give in ill kill your family" -- mafia "if you
give in ill let you go, no charges" -- police
hegemonic state - ANSWER-a state powerful enough to enforce cooperation through threat of force
general assembly - ANSWER-- 193 members
- all states regardless of size, have equal rights and each has a single vote.
- looks like a legislature in that representatives from the states of the world gather to debate and pass
resolutions on the issue of the day
- main purpose is to provide a forum for debate on global issues and to express when possible
international consensus
security council - ANSWER-- 15 member council within the UN in charge of dealing with threats to
international security
- purpose is to help avoid conflict in the international arena by performing deterrent peacekeeping and
negotiating functions
secretariat - ANSWER-- has roughly 8900 employees which perform, organizational, budgetary,
translation, research, and other support services and administers decisions.
, - supports UN agencies
- headed by a secretary- general
economic and social council - ANSWER-- oversee work on economic and social issues
- today it is a well known set of commissions and specialized agencies
EX: UNICEF, WHO, NUCLEAR NON PROLIFERATION TREATY, IAEA
international political economy - ANSWER-- the two-way relationship between international politics and
international economics
- the link between economies mean that even policies that are intended solely for domestic purposes
have international repercussions
globalization - ANSWER-- the rapid increase in the cross-border movement of goods, money, people, and
ideas
- increases both the conflict inherent in international commerce and the need to find negotiated
solutions
economic theories - ANSWER-- explanations that focus on the type and intensity of the actors
- an approach of IPE
political theories - ANSWER-- explanations that focus on the strategic and institutional environment in
which interests are translated into policy
- concerned about the distributional outcomes of policy
- an approach of IPE
economic determinism - ANSWER-- the assumption that political behavior is driven by economic
motivations and that political outcomes are determined by economic power
- also assumes that wealth can be converted into other sources
distributional outcomes - ANSWER-- who benefits ? who wins?
- who gets hurt? who loses?
