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  • A. Creation of a new polity bringing together a number of different constituent parts
  • B. Regular and sustained interaction between states on policy issues
  • C. Development of institutionalized cooperation among states and other actors on the basis of regional contiguity as a feature of global politics
  • D. Creation of institutions having independent decision making authority

Explanation: Regionalism means institutionalized cooperation among states and other actors within a geographically contiguous region.

Correct answer: Development of institutionalized cooperation among states and other actors on the basis of regional contiguity as a feature of global politics
  • A. Outcomes
  • B. The security dilemma
  • C. The way states act
  • D. All of the options are correct

Explanation: Treating power simply as the possession of resources does not reliably explain political outcomes, because outcomes also depend on…

Correct answer: Outcomes
  • A. Something discussed in therapy
  • B. A set of politicals that are seen as being related, because they all invoke the same value conflicts
  • C. A set of politicals that have to be decided together because they are linked by the political processes in an international organization
  • D. The resources that are under an actors direct control

Explanation: In this context, an issue means a group of related political concerns organized around a common value conflict.

Correct answer: A set of politicals that are seen as being related, because they all invoke the same value conflicts
  • A. There are different meanings to the term "state"w
  • B. There is a difference between nation and state
  • C. There is a lack of similarity between countries
  • D. All of the options given are correct

Explanation: A state-centric approach can oversimplify world politics because “state” has different meanings, nation and state are not identical, and…

Correct answer: All of the options given are correct
  • A. The central concept of the "English school"
  • B. Presented most compellingly by Hedley Bull.
  • C. Any association of distinct political rules, values, institutions
  • D. The central concept of the 'English school' presented most compellingly by Hedley Bull, which descries any association of distinct political communities that accept common rules, values and institutions.

Explanation: The English School uses international society as a central concept, especially through Hedley Bull's account of political communities that…

Correct answer: The central concept of the 'English school' presented most compellingly by Hedley Bull, which descries any association of distinct political communities that accept common rules, values and institutions.