Chapter 03

A  revolutionary

B  postmodern

C  liberal

D  difference

A  Gender is typically irrelevant for understanding how international relations works because most heads of state are male.

B  Males influence international relations more often through nonstate channels than females do.

C  Femininity is associated with private and domestic areas, whereas masculinity is associated with public and political spaces.

D  The gender identity of actors does not affect their views and decision processes.

A  A single set of values or interests applies to all states.

B  State interests are objective.

C  International institutions are important actors in international relations.

D  States are not the central actors in international relations.

A  a movement that examines how changing international norms shape the content of state interests

B  a set of rules on which actors agree in regard to a particular issue

C  the formation of a broad alliance to oppose aggression

D  the proposition that democracies almost never fight wars against each other

A  They assist states in realizing their interests even when they could do so through unilateral forms of leverage.

B  They cannot be modified once created.

C  They are actors that are more important in the international system than are states.

D  They coordinate the behavior of states to assist them in overcoming collective goods problems.

A  North Atlantic Treaty Organization

B  League of Nations

C  United Nations

D  European Community

A  can exist only when there is a concentration of power in the international system

B  can exist only when there is a dispersion of power in the international system

C  are weaker when embedded in permanent institutions

D  are stronger when embedded in permanent institutions

A  balanced

B  productive

C  fewer

D  more

A  a theory developed to facilitate greater sovereignty

B  a key belief of orthodox Marxism

C  an explanation by Immanuel Kant of how peace and cooperation are possible

D  an explanation by Thomas Hobbes of how peace and cooperation are possible

A  today’s most serious conflicts consist mainly of skirmishing rather than all-out battles

B  the long-term trend is that there are fewer wars but more people being killed in them

C  the advances in technology lead us to fear annihilation of the world more than destruction of a city

D  major wars will continue regardless of trends toward fewer wars