A. recognition of the equal rights of an ethnic group within a nation state
B. the creation of an independent nation state
C. the expulsion of an ethnic group from a disputed region
D. acceptance of an ethnic groups that to use a separate minority language
Nations, War and Terrorism
What name did Norbert Elias give to the dynamic of competition between social units that eventually gave rise to a nation state ?
A. the absolutist mechanism
B. the decivilizing process
C. the monopoly mechanism
D. the courtizaion process
Who stated that war is the continuation of political intercourse by other means ?
A. Carl von Clausewitz
B. Martin Shaw
C. Karl Marx
D. Mary Kaldor
Mary Kaldor (2006) argues that globalization processes lie at the heart of many new wars Which of the following is not an example of the increasing globalization of conflict ?
A. the presence of diaspora volunteer fighters
B. the recourse of combatants to small -scale guerrilla tactics
C. the involvement of international NGOs
D. the role of multinational United Nations peacekeeping troops
New style terrorism differs from old style terrorism in three main ways Which of the following is not one of the three ?
A. it is global in the scope of its aims
B. it has a nationalist ideology
C. it adopts a loose international type of organization
D. it is more ruthless in the recourse to violent means
Which of these distinguishes modern nation-sates from traditional civilizations ?
A. a national identity with an associated set of symbols and beliefs
B. governmental authority over a clearly demarcated territory
C. the granting of citizenship rights to the relevant population
D. all of the above
The right to govern in England flows through the legislature to………….?
1. The prime minister
2. The cabinet
3. The court of law
4. None of them
Compared With the sate formation process in industrialized countries which one of the following created major problems for developing societies ?
A. the lack of a strong work ethic
B. the legacy of economic mismanagement by local leaders
C. the lock of a democratic culture
D. the legacy of colonialism
What is the main consequence of well-defined ethnic existing within established nations states ?
A. nations without states
B. multiculturalism
C. a cultural melting Pot
D. separate institutions
In many contemporary conflict’s attempts are made to protect soldiers often at the expense of civilian lives in order to minimize political problems from media coverage of fatalities How are such conflicts described ?
A. degenerate wars
B. genocides
C. illegal wars
D. risk-transfer wars