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Jackson & Sørensen: Introduction to International Relations 3e

Chapter 08

  1. Discuss the distribution of power resources of major countries in box 8.2. Should there be other countries on the list?

  2. Should there be other power resources on the list? Are some of the listed resources irrelevant?

  3. What is most important for global development patterns: the political power of states or the economic market power of large corporations?

  4. Is military power of special importance for leading states or are other power resources equally important?

  5. Were all societies once 'traditional' as liberals claim? Or have Third World states been actively underdeveloped by imperialism originating in the developed world as neo-Marxists say?

  6. Look at box 8.7. Has Sub-Saharan Africa experienced development or underdevelopment?

  7. Is there a 'global economic system' or is economic globalization merely 'more of the same' (cf. box 8.10)? Are transnationals truly global or tied to their home countries?

  8. Will economic globalization bring benefits to all? Why or why not?

  9. Think of the pros and cons of micro-theories such as rational choice theory and macro-theories such as the major perspectives on IPE. How can they be combined?

  10. Is IPE really of growing importance for the study of IR? Why or why not?