Deck 1: Globalization and Global Politics

Question 1

The current era of globalization is characterized by global populist revolt, a rejection of authoritarianism, and the return of great power rivalry.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

'Globalists' believe that globalization is a primary source of disruptive change in world politics.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

'World government' is a more fanciful idea than 'global governance'.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Realist sceptics of globalization believe that globalization (or more accurately, internationalization) is a product of hegemonic power and does not alter the basic structures of world politics, nor the centrality of states and state power to national security and survival.

Question 5

Globally, the dominant form of populism today is that of the left.

Question 6

The 2008 financial crisis can be used to highlight…

A) The decreasing interconnectedness of international politics.
B) The irrelevance of the idea of globalization.
C) The idea that with globalization power increasingly is organised and exercised at a distance from those it affects.
D) The irrelevance of financial institutions in international politics.

Question 7

Which of the following factors is not considered an 'engine' of globalization?

A) Economics
B) Environment
C) Technics
D) Politics

Question 8

Which interpretation holds that we are seeing a return to a dystopian world without a rules-based order, and one in which might is right?

A) Liberal
B) Transformationalist
C) Sceptical
D) None of the answers given are correct.

Question 9

Economic globalization is measured by each of the following, except…

A) Global flows of capital.
B) Global flows of trade.
C) Global flows of production.
D) Global flows of people.

Question 10

Which wave of globalization is associated with a new epoch of global connectivity?

A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth

Question 11

According to this chapter, globalization…

A) Is not experienced uniformly across the world.
B) Is indicative of an unfolding structural change in the scale of human social and economic organization.
C) Is associated with the process of deterritorialization: as social, political, or economic activities are organized at the global or transnational levels, they become in a significant sense disembedded or detached from their place or locale.
D) All of the options given are correct.

Question 12

The global recycling trade…

A) Is in crisis following China's 2017 decision to ban the import of all recycled waste.
B) Transfers rubbish from North to South and West to East.
C) Has generated resistance across Asia, Europe, and the US from the village, local, and national levels to the global level.
D) All of the options given are correct.

Question 13

Contemporary globalization is associated intimately with the revolutions in…

A) Transport
B) Communications technologies
C) Transport and communication technologies
D) Labour

Question 14

The transformation from intergovernmentalism to global governance, associated with globalization, is characterized by…

A) The sovereign power and authority of national government- the entitlement of states to rule within their own territorial space-being transformed, but in no meaningful sense eroded.
B) A real dilemma: in return for more effective public policy and meeting their citizens' demands, states' capacity for self-governance-that is state autonomy-is compromised.
C) The need to deal with a proliferation of 'trans-boundary issues', from climate change to migration, which are a direct or indirect product of globalization and the systemic interdependencies or systemic risks/vulnerabilities it creates.
D) All of the options given are correct.

Question 15

Among the most significant transformations associated with globalization is the transformation from…

A) Global politics to international politics.
B) State-centric international politics to geocentric global politics.
C) Cold war to post-cold war.
D) None of the options given are correct.