Balance of Power Theory
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What is the core idea that International Relations is rooted in?

  • Humanitarianism and cooperation
  • Human nature, power, national interest, and state survival (correct)
  • Economic development and globalization
  • Religion and cultural exchange
  • According to Morgenthau, what are the three basic patterns of struggle for power among states?

  • Empathy, diplomacy, and compromise
  • Peacekeeping, disarmament, and humanitarian aid
  • Maintaining power, increasing power, and demonstrating power (correct)
  • Altruism, cooperation, and equality
  • Which thinker is associated with the idea that international relations is driven by an endless struggle for power rooted in human nature?

  • Thucydides (correct)
  • Machiavelli
  • Hans Morgenthau
  • John Locke
  • What does political realism emphasize about the relationship between principles and policies?

    <p>Principles are subordinated to policies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Morgenthau, what is the ultimate skill of a state leader in international relations?

    <p>Adapting to changing power configurations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Morgenthau's classical Realism, what concept do we use to understand international relations?

    <p>Interest defined in terms of power</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main logic behind the national interest of states according to the text?

    <p>Ensuring survival and security</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What behavior is central to conceptions of the national interest and alliance policy?

    <p>Balance of power behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the opposite concept of 'balance of power' according to the text?

    <p>Bandwagoning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to realists, how do they conceive balance of power in state behavior?

    <p>As an automatic tendency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do politicians typically use the concept of national interest when seeking support for a course of action?

    <p>To defend the nation-state within an international system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the reason behind states joining together to oppose interventionist centers of power according to the text?

    <p>To protect their sovereignty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key difference between realism and liberalism with regards to international relations?

    <p>Realism emphasizes national interest, while liberalism recognizes multiple important values.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does liberalism view the potential for human progress, according to the text?

    <p>It lies in modern civil society and the capitalist economy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do liberals believe is necessary to compromise for collective action purposes?

    <p>Individual liberty of the state.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do realists and liberals differ in explaining the occurrence of war?

    <p>Realists identify anarchy as the cause of war, while liberals do not.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do all states have accorded to them despite their differences?

    <p>'Natural' rights like non-interference in their domestic affairs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do liberals view relations between liberal states?

    <p>Collaborative and cooperative.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Marxist Base-Superstructure model refer to?

    <p>Relations between means and relations of production</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Marx, what determines one's position in the social class hierarchy?

    <p>Control over the means of production</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who did Marx believe should lead a workers' revolution?

    <p>Proletarians</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Marx believe was the solution to poverty in a world of wealth?

    <p>Communism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group did Marx refer to as having 'nothing to lose but their chains'?

    <p>Proletarians</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'The wealthy would be the individuals who owned the land and factories...' Which concept does this statement closely relate to?

    <p>Economic Base</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term is used when discussing neo-realism to describe states seeking power expansion?

    <p>Offensive realism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which variant of Liberalism advocates free trade and trade liberalization?

    <p>Commercial liberalism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Republican liberalism, what makes democratic states less likely to go to war with their democratic neighbors?

    <p>Democratic peace theory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What concept is central to Sociological Liberalism?

    <p>Transnational civil society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Liberalism variant emphasizes functional integration, regionalism, and global governance?

    <p>Liberal institutionalism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do Defensive realists recognize according to the text?

    <p>Costs of war</p> Signup and view all the answers

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