What is privatization?
a. (C) the process of turning state-owned and -operated businesses, industries, and
services over to the private sector
b. the effort to eliminate censorship of the mass media that is underway in Russia
c. the process of reducing government involvement in international trade
d. none of the above
Which of the following is meant by the term the reemergence of economics?
a. (C) Decisionmakers generally understood that economics was important, but often
they acted as if it was a secondary issue; this is changing, and economics is once
again becoming a primary issue.
b. Until the Persian Gulf War, American decisionmakers never considered cost in a
military undertaking; now, however, they do.
c. The economic theory of mercantilism was discredited during the early nineteenth
century, but now it is the driving force behind attempted development in the Third
World.
d. none of the above
International politics is considered increasingly complex because of which of the following changes in the international system?
a. There are more states in the international system than there were 50 years ago.
b. States are still important actors, but so are IGOs, NGOs, MNCs, and private
citizens.
c. Technological innovations are helping to create more and more interdependence
across borders, challenging traditional notions of state sovereignty.
d. (C) all of the above
Which one of the following was not discussed in depth by the text as a leading force for international change?
a. the collapse of Soviet and Eastern European communism
b. (Correct) urban unemployment
c. the rediscovery of economics
d. emerging global problems
Transnational environmental organizations largely rely on _________ to help implement good ecological policies.
A. force
B. shaming
C. coercive diplomacy
D. persuasion
E. money
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