Question 1

What does the term "structural violence" refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  Organizational equality 
B)  Extreme and systematic inequality 
C)  A social structure that infringes on the rights of individuals 
D)  Violence caused by political structures 
E)  Guerrilla attacks against infrastructure 
A)  Organizational equality 
B)  Extreme and systematic inequality 
C)  A social structure that infringes on the rights of individuals 
D)  Violence caused by political structures 
E)  Guerrilla attacks against infrastructure

Question 2

Discuss the view that high levels of inequality often lead to violent social transformations.

Accepted Answer

Statistical analysis shows no clear link

Question 3

The term "structural violence" refers to the legitimation of inequality and hierarchy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

How did academics such as Robert Kaplan explain the post-Cold War conflict in the Balkans?

Accepted Answer

To many analysts, the conflicts in the B

Question 5

The colonial system facilitated the accumulation of riches from Asia, Africa, and America to capitalists in Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following statements about the relationship between inequality and conflict is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Forms of inequality are less likely to lead to conflict when they coincide with cultural differences among groups. 
B)  Inequality is a necessary but insufficient condition to produce an uprising. 
C)  For inequality to lead to rebellion, the state must first be weakened. 
D)  International support is critical to the success of uprisings based on inequality. 
E)  All of the above are true. 
A)  Forms of inequality are less likely to lead to conflict when they coincide with cultural differences among groups. 
B)  Inequality is a necessary but insufficient condition to produce an uprising. 
C)  For inequality to lead to rebellion, the state must first be weakened. 
D)  International support is critical to the success of uprisings based on inequality. 
E)  All of the above are true.

Question 7

Efforts to reduce systemic and overlapping social, economic, and political inequalities in many countries have been at the heart of the development process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Charles Tilly described the process of early European state-building as "our largest example of organized crime."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Internal violence is more common in the hybrid "anocracies" than in true autocracies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How does the Western discourse on peace and stability draw on Weber's concept of modernity?

Accepted Answer

A powerful theme within Western liberal

Question 11

What are the advantages of analyzing war in its historical and sociological settings?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a clear method for massacres of unarmed people to be counted. 
B)  Current civil war data sets can then include deaths from war-related famine and disease. 
C)  Violence can be then examined as part of a social process of transformation, with causes and functions that cannot be understood just from a data set. 
D)  In many contemporary conflicts, violence is diverse, carried out by militias as well as state or rebel armies, and civilians are often the victims. 
E)  Using these databases to assess the links between war and development is straightforward. 
A)  It is a clear method for massacres of unarmed people to be counted. 
B)  Current civil war data sets can then include deaths from war-related famine and disease. 
C)  Violence can be then examined as part of a social process of transformation, with causes and functions that cannot be understood just from a data set. 
D)  In many contemporary conflicts, violence is diverse, carried out by militias as well as state or rebel armies, and civilians are often the victims. 
E)  Using these databases to assess the links between war and development is straightforward.

Question 12

How does our understanding of "conflict and development" change when it is framed as "conflict in development"?

Accepted Answer

The title "Conflict and Development" sug

Question 13

What is one of the problems of using databases to assess war and development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Human rights monitors manipulating the information 
B)  Human rights monitors have controversial access to information 
C)  The unreliability of raw data from NGOs 
D)  The unreliability of raw data from war zones 
E)  Several data sets have indicators for intensity 
A)  Human rights monitors manipulating the information 
B)  Human rights monitors have controversial access to information 
C)  The unreliability of raw data from NGOs 
D)  The unreliability of raw data from war zones 
E)  Several data sets have indicators for intensity

Question 14

How did imposed economic and political reforms exacerbate the conflict in the former Yugoslavia?

Accepted Answer

The violent breakup of the Socialist Fed

Question 15

What does the term "symbolic violence" refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  The desecration of cultural symbols 
B)  Discourse that is disrespectful of the customs and values of other cultures 
C)  The misappropriation of the "voice" of Aboriginal culture 
D)  Violence that is caused "symbolically" 
E)  The internalization of humiliation and the legitimation of inequality 
A)  The desecration of cultural symbols 
B)  Discourse that is disrespectful of the customs and values of other cultures 
C)  The misappropriation of the "voice" of Aboriginal culture 
D)  Violence that is caused "symbolically" 
E)  The internalization of humiliation and the legitimation of inequality

Question 16

What is the role of modernization in the reduction of conflicts and violence?

Accepted Answer

The notion that modernization and econom

Question 17

Explain the contradiction between peace-building and the conflict trap.

Accepted Answer

Conflict is the opposite of development-

Question 18

The UN's peace-building approach is rooted in dependency theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Samuel Huntington argued that the critical issue of development was the question of growth, not order.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What limitations are associated with the use of statistical databanks in the study of the relationship between violence and development?

Accepted Answer

Raw data from war zones are unreliable.

Exam 22: Conflict and Development

What does the term "structural violence" refer to?

Discuss the view that high levels of inequality often lead to violent social transformations.

The term "structural violence" refers to the legitimation of inequality and hierarchy.

How did academics such as Robert Kaplan explain the post-Cold War conflict in the Balkans?

The colonial system facilitated the accumulation of riches from Asia, Africa, and America to capitalists in Europe.

Which of the following statements about the relationship between inequality and conflict is NOT true?

Efforts to reduce systemic and overlapping social, economic, and political inequalities in many countries have been at the heart of the development process.

Charles Tilly described the process of early European state-building as "our largest example of organized crime."

Internal violence is more common in the hybrid "anocracies" than in true autocracies.

How does the Western discourse on peace and stability draw on Weber's concept of modernity?

What are the advantages of analyzing war in its historical and sociological settings?

How does our understanding of "conflict and development" change when it is framed as "conflict in development"?

What is one of the problems of using databases to assess war and development?

How did imposed economic and political reforms exacerbate the conflict in the former Yugoslavia?

What does the term "symbolic violence" refer to?

What is the role of modernization in the reduction of conflicts and violence?

Explain the contradiction between peace-building and the conflict trap.

The UN's peace-building approach is rooted in dependency theory.

Samuel Huntington argued that the critical issue of development was the question of growth, not order.

What limitations are associated with the use of statistical databanks in the study of the relationship between violence and development?

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