As used in the Global Perspectives handbook, the term alternative perspectives refers to
a. changes fostered by the clashes between traditional cultures and modern technologies.
b. class, racial, gender, and ethnic differences within states.
c. varying sets of complex value-laden ideas used to interpret events.
d. contending nationalisms in a state that define its politics.
e. ideas supporting the conflicting foreign policies of states.
Which of the following is NOT one of the features of how neo-Marxists view international economic relations?
a. They are characterized by a constant economic rivalry.
b. Developed capitalist states seek to exploit poor countries.
c. Relatively equal distribution of income is important in the development of a capitalist economy.
d. The economic benefits will not necessarily trickle down to the workers in the developed countries.
e. Economic development will create class inequalities inside a certain country.
As identities, the definitions of nation and state
a. are distinct.
b. generally overlap.
c. include people from various ethnicities.
d. are defined by territories.
e. do not matter much anymore.
When snowmobiles replaced dogsleds as the main means for Inuit transportation it
a. led to incurred debt to pay for fuel.
b. reinforced traditional religious practices.
c. produced a middle-class lifestyle.
d. caused overhunting.
e. enabled women to hunt with men.
Which paradigm sees the global economy as characterized by a constant economic rivalry among developed capitalist states?
a. Realism
b. Liberalism
c. Constructivism
d. Neo-Marxism
e. Liberal Commercialism
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