Psci 2223 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PSCI 2223 Final Terms with Complete Solutions Defense Mechanisms - Answer-a mental process protecting an individual from realizations that would otherwise make the individual uncomfortable and anxious Belief System - Answer-an integrated set of images and values making up the relevant universe for an individual, encompassing the past, the present, and expectations of the future Operational Code - Answer-a mental construct that helps to organize knowledge about other actors or situation...

PSCI 2223 Final Test Questions with Complete Answers How does universal jurisdiction play out in war crimes? - Answer-national courts have prosecuted individuals who commit war crimes such as genocide What is the role of the United Nations (UN) in managing conflict around the world? - Answer-it prevents conflict; helps parties in conflict make peace, and creates conditions to allow peace. UN only intervenes in inter state conflicts - as type of conflict that a system experiences, the U...

PSCI 2223 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Which of the following examples is a violation of a state's external sovereignty? - Answer-The European Union forces Ireland to change its tax laws -External Sovereignty states that there is no actor that has authority over the state, how you are regarded by the international community The Scientific Method involves all of the following except: - Answer-reporting conclusions only when you are certain strictly according to the Correlates of...

PSCI 2223 Exam 1 Questions with All Correct Answer Two Major Variants of Realism - Answer-Neorealism, classical realism Classical Realists Explanation of Conflict - Answer-Human tendencies (greedy for power) State of nature is a state of war (Hobbes) Focuses on human nature Neorealist Explanation of Conflict - Answer-Given the "state of world anarchy" there is no reliable force to have your back if your country is threatened The Security Dilemma Neorealism: Means and Ends = - An...

PSCI 2223 Review Questions with Correct Answers The one thing almost every theory agrees on to a certain extent. - Answer-The fact that we live in a world of anarchy The methodological and systematic approach to problem solving used within political science. - Answer-Scientific method This school of thought within International Relations emphasizes norms and values over institutions or power. - Answer-Constructivism The two types of pressures on state decision making: - Answer-Internal...

PSCI 2223 Exam Questions with All Correct Answers Why states fight - Answer-territorial disputes creation of new states economic issues ideology Arms Race - Answer-action-reaction process which moves each group to increase its armaments because of the existence of those of the opposing group Guns versus butter - Answer-The economic theory about how the military spending effects how much a government can spend on civilian spending. opportunity costs - Answer-the benefits foregone b...

PSCI 2223 Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers When is interstate war most likely to take place? - Answer-Security Dilemma (Herz) - when a state arms itself it does it for security purposes - other states see that as a security threat and begin arming themselves too Arms Race - when both sides of a conflict are ensnared in an action-reaction process - ex. Cold War Guns vs Butter - relationship between military preparedness and economic welfare during peacetime - Military Keynesianism...

PSCI 2223 Study guide Questions and Answers All Correct Which specific assumption in realism are liberal theories relaxing or changing in their study of state behavior in world politics? - Answer-Liberalism relaxes the assumptions that states are the main actors and that domestic factors can be ignored. According to balance of power's predictions, when there are two states or coalitions of states competing for power, which side is a state supposed to ally with? - Answer-The one they think...

PSCI 2223 Exam 2 Questions With Correct Answers. Types of Conflict - answerInterstate War - organized military conflict between states resulting in at least 1,000 battle deaths - ex. WW1, WW2 Intrastate War - organized military conflict within a state resulting in at least 1,000 battle deaths - all partisanship of conflict must be political entities in the international system - ex. US Civil War Extrastate War - conflict between a state and non state actor taking place outside the stat...