PSCI 2223 Review Exam Questions With Correct Answers.
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The two founding fathers of Classical Realism and the one founding father of Neorealism. -
answerThucydides, Hobbes, and Waltz
The principle motivator for actors within Classical Realism - answerPower
Realists have this view on alliances: -...
PSCI 2223 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
What are the different types of conflicts that take place around the world (between states or
within a state)? - answer✔✔Inter-State, Intra-State, Extra-State
Inter-State Conflict - answer✔✔military conflict waged BETWEEN states
examples: WWI, WWII, U.S. Invasion of Iraq 2003
Intra-state conflict - answer✔✔(civil war): military conflict waged WITHIN states
examples: Sandinista Rebellion, Côte d'Ivoire Military War
extra-state conflict - answer✔✔a conflict between a state and a political or territorial non-state
entity outside of the state's borders
examples: US vs Taliban, Western Sahara War, Liberation of Peru, Colonial states trying to gain
independence around 1960s
Major Criterion scholars use to categorize conflicts - answer✔✔Threshold of violence
At least 1000 battle deaths per conflict year
Which type of conflict do you think is disappearing from the world scene?
Which type of conflict is frequently observed in the post-Cold War period? - answer✔✔Inter-
state conflicts are disappearing from the world scene
intra-state conflicts have been on the rise since the Cold War.
The two main conditions for a conflict to qualify as an inter-state war include - answer✔✔1) At
least 1000 battle deaths (not including civilians) and military conflict between states in one year.
2) All participants of the conflict should be political entities in the international system
Why do states fight each other? - answer✔✔Territorial Disputes, economic issues, religion and
ethnicity
Can you name the system-level (power-based) theories of inter-state war? - answer✔✔Balance
of Power - bipolar: Systematic idea of when the conflict is going to happen when
disproportionate power, theory of peace, if the system is stable
Power Transition Theory (PTT) - unipolar
-Hegemonic (one pole) systems are more stable.
what is an example of a state-level theory of inter-state war? - answer✔✔Democratic Peace
Theory - when regime type is cause of war (ie. democracies are less likely to wage war on other
democracies, but autocracies don't discriminate wars based on regime type)
When is an inter-state war most likely to take place according to these theories? - answer✔✔In
imperial, non bipolar, non-hegemonic societies where there is no balance of power
Capitalist countries are mostly democracies, which rarely fight each other. Imperial expansion
can reduce inter-state war in the core, but increase extra-state war in the periphery.
What is a Security dilemma - answer✔✔Created by John Herz
States never feel secure because they never know how much they need to be truly secure
This leads to a cycle of insecurity and an arms race because states feel insecure so they get more
weapons so other states feel insecure so it basically leads everyone to be insecure
Guns vs. butter - answer✔✔The trade-off between spending on military defense and civilian
goods
(guns=military, butter=social policy)
What is an intra-state war?
Who are the conflict parties in an intra-state war? - answer✔✔Intra-state war occurs within a
state.
Conflict usually occurs between the state and armed rebel groups.
Have scholars reached a consensus on the fatality threshold for a case to qualify as an intra-state
war? - answer✔✔Battle-related deaths is not a basic dimension of the definition of an intra-state
war.
The COW sets the threshold at 1000 deaths. The Patrick M. Regan sets the scale at 200 deaths.
Uppsala University of Sweden sets the scale at 25 deaths.
Which regions of the world experience the greatest number of intra-state conflicts? -
answer✔✔Asia (middle east) and Africa
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