Free Theories of International Relations MCQs with Answers

• A. The order in which states have acquired power throughout history
• B. The international convention on order and security
• C. Using individual human beings as units (not states), it assesses the degree of order on the basis of the delivery of certain kinds of goods for humanity as a whole
• D. The same as international order

Explanation: World order broadens the focus beyond relations among states and evaluates order by how far essential goods, such as security and welfare…

• A. The tendency for functional aspects of international relations to be organized around large numbers of states
• B. The transition of a conflict from being between two states to being between several states
• C. The practice of diplomacy by embassies to different countries
• D. Both b and c

Explanation: Multilateralism means organizing international relations around three or more states, usually through common rules or institutions.

• A. Any regular or discernible pattern of relationships that are stable over time, or may additionally refer to a condition that allows certain goals to be achieved
• B. A view of international order that is concerned with peace and stability, rather than with the attainment of other values, such as justice
• C. A distribution of power among a number (at least three) of major powers or 'poles'
• D. The regular patterns of interaction between states, but without implying any shared values between them. This is distinguished from the view of a 'society' of statesHuman Rights & Liberties

Explanation: Minimum order prioritizes peace and stability as the essential requirement of international order, without requiring justice or other…

• A. Globalization
• B. Order
• C. The UN
• D. IGOs

Explanation: Order is the organizing condition that persists despite changes in the nature of states and the tasks they perform.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. It depends on the theoretical approach that is used in the analysis
• D. It depends on the historical background of the identity

Explanation: Identity politics did not begin after the Cold War; nationalism, ethnicity, religion and class had shaped international and domestic…

• A. It lacks order and is anarchical
• B. It is a product of historical transitions of power
• C. It is a product of new technologies that are not regulated
• D. It appears to have negative qualities in abundance, but without any seeming coherence

Explanation: A dystopic absence of order refers to globalization appearing full of harmful or disorienting effects without a clear, coherent organizing…

• A. Has to do with women's role in the global anti-slavery movement
• B. Is committed to the status quo
• C. Pursues knowledge that will lead to changes in favour of a normative ideal, such as gender equality
• D. All of the options given are correct

Explanation: Emancipatory knowledge is critical rather than status-quo oriented: it seeks knowledge that can transform unequal conditions in line with…

• A. Is based on gender-structured conceptions of appropriate work
• B. Has led to an increase in women's compensation worldwide
• C. Negates the "double burden"
• D. a and b

Explanation: A gendered division of labour assigns work according to socially constructed ideas about what men and women should do.

• A. Ticker
• B. Enloe
• C. Peterson and Runyan
• D. None of the options given is correct

Explanation: V. Spike Peterson and Anne Sisson Runyan developed the gender-sensitive lens for examining how international politics is structured by…

• A. Prostitution and human trafficking
• B. Civil wars and refugee flows
• C. Trade and development
• D. All of the options given are correct

Explanation: Gender shapes global politics across security, migration, economics and exploitation.

• A. Empowers women through microcredit loans to facilitate small-scale economic development
• B. Is gender-blind in its policies
• C. Focuses its investment lending on women
• D. a and c

Explanation: Grameen Bank is known for using microcredit to support small-scale economic activity, especially among women, who have formed a large…

• A. The establishment of the UN Gender Development Index
• B. The election of US Speaker Nancy Pelosi
• C. The incorporation of "gender mainstreaming" into policy discourse
• D. All of the options given are correct, but it depends on which feminist theory you pick

Explanation: Feminist perspectives can regard measurable gender indicators, women's political representation and gender mainstreaming as forms of…

• A. Created new areas of women's advancement
• B. Led to new challenges and dangers for women
• C. Not changed the fundamental inequality of gender relationship in the world enough
• D. All of the options given are correct

Explanation: Globalization has opened some employment and political opportunities for women while also expanding exploitation, insecurity and unequal…

• A. Male or female
• B. Biological difference
• C. A social construction
• D. a and b

Explanation: Sex refers primarily to biological characteristics used to classify people as male or female, whereas gender refers to socially…

• A. Male or female
• B. A social construction of what it means to be male or female
• C. Biological difference
• D. All of the above

Explanation: Gender is not simply a biological category; it is the social construction of meanings, roles and expectations associated with being male…

• A. Heterosexuality
• B. Homosexuality
• C. Multiple and/or shifting sexualities
• D. All of the above

Explanation: Sexuality is not limited to heterosexuality or homosexuality; it also includes multiple, fluid and changing sexual identities and…

• A. Liberal feminists seek to put an end to women's exclusion/under representation in position of power and employment, radical feminists see women as different from men
• B. Liberal feminists seek to put an end to women's exclusion/under representation in position of power and employment, radical feminists see women's subordination as universal taking different forms at different times
• C. Liberal feminists see women as different from men and do not reject 'women's values', radical feminists see women as different from men
• D. Liberal feminists see women as different from men and do not reject 'women's values', radical feminists see women's subordination as universal taking different forms at different times

Explanation: Liberal feminists generally focus on removing women’s exclusion from education, employment and political power, whereas radical feminists…

• A. Made no contribution to just war theory
• B. Is a form of subnational authority
• C. Helped constitute the normative basis of international society
• D. Both made no contribution to just war theory and helped to constitute the normative basis of international society

Explanation: The Catholic Church contributed to just war thinking and helped establish the religious and normative foundations of medieval…

• A. Deny that international cooperation is possible
• B. Believe it to be a rhetorical cover for self-serving powerful states
• C. Argue that it is unable to cope with globalization
• D. Believe both that it is a rhetorical cover for self-serving powerful state and argue that it is unable to cope with globalization

Explanation: Critical society accounts argue that international society can conceal the interests of powerful states and is increasingly strained by…

• A. Interstate war
• B. Global warming
• C. American power
• D. Dissolution of the bonds of political community

Explanation: Global warming, American power and weakened political community are commonly presented as globalization-related challenges to…