Exam 5: Rising Powers and the Emerging Global Order

We often hear of the Third World (although it is a contested term). But what is the Second World?

Marxist and critical political economists argue that we should look at the underlying structural changes in global capitalism rather than the world of nation-states.

The financial crisis that hit the advanced capitalist core in 2007 supported predictions about the future importance of the BRICS because the crisis…

Who stated that the existence of a 'hierarchy of prestige' is central to the ordering of international relations?

For both liberals and constructivists, what is power not always connected with?

The notion of Brazil as a rising power gained ground under President Lula, but Brazil now faces deep structural economic problems, high levels of social violence, and stark political polarization.

The World Social Forum is broadly speaking critical of neoliberalism.

The climate change negotiations in Copenhagen in 2009 has been presented as an example of the changing institutional context. How?

The idea of a gradual diffusion of liberal values can be said to be of a Kantian origin.

What is 'institutional power'?

Beginning in the 2000s, analysts predicted that China and India would be dominant suppliers of raw materials, while Russia and Brazil would rise as principal suppliers of manufactured goods and services.

Which of the following is an example of institutions that were created at the end of WW2 (and based on the power situation of that era)?

Contrary to expectations at the beginning of the twenty-first century, rising powers (with the exception of China) have returned to their role as secondary or supporting actors in global politics.

Those who stress the continued importance of rising powers point to all of the following developments as evidence, except…