LESSON 4

Question 1

UN’s main deliberative policymaking and representative organ.

Answer 1

The General Assembly (GA)

Question 2

Filipino diplomat who was elected as GA president from 1949-1950

Answer 2

Carlos P. Romulo

Question 3

Permanent members or P5:

Answer 3

*China
*France
*United States
*Russia
*United Kingdom

Question 4

The idea is that states should work closely together for the world’s greater good. It highlights collaboration between states rather than focusing solely on national interests (Nye, 2004).

Answer 4

Internationalism

Question 5

Posits that the world may be understood as a system of nation states, each acting as a unitary actor pursuing its interests in a competitive global environment.

Answer 5

The Global Interstate System

Question 6

Elements of a state:

Answer 6

1. Population - its people or citizens.
2. Territory
3. Government
4. Sovereignty

Question 7

The power of “Concert of Europe” lasted from

Answer 7

1815 until 1914

Question 8

It was a union of European socialist & labor parties established in Paris in 1889.

Answer 8

Socialist International

Question 9

propose a dual perspective on the concept of the state: as a government and as a country.

Answer 9

Jackson and Sorensen (2013)

Question 10

emphasizes constitutional independence and recognition, meaning no other country has legal authority over the state, other states recognize its sovereignty, and it can participate in international organizations.

Answer 10

Juridical statehood

Question 11

relates to the development of efficient political institutions, solid economic foundations, and substantial national unity.

Answer 11

Empirical Statehood

Question 12

Refer to the state’s ability to effectively govern its territory and population through functional bureaucracies, judicial systems, legislative bodies, and executive leadership.

Answer 12

Efficient Political Institutions

Question 13

relates to the cohesion of the state’s population, encompassing a shared sense of identity, public support for state institutions, low levels of internal conflict, and common cultural or historical narratives.

Answer 13

Substantial National Unity

Question 14

In other words, states interact based on their national interests. This notion is captured by what theory?

Answer 14

Global Interstate System theory by Chase-Dunn (1981)

Question 15

This theory posits that world politics can be understood as a system of nation-states, each acting as a unitary actor pursuing its interest in the global arena.

Answer 15

Global Interstate System theory by Chase-Dunn (1981)

Question 16

refers to states with strong juridical statehood but weak empirical statehood.

Answer 16

“quasi-states”