1. Explain how shifting power can lead to conflict in the bargaining model. Which side does the bargaining model lead us to expect will initiate a conflict - the rising or the declining power?
2. According to Rogowski, in advanced economies, when the land-labor ratio is high, what sort of domestic political cleavages should we expect? What about in backward economies?
3. Comparative advantage implies that if one country is less efficient than another at producing all goods, the less efficient country is better off not trading with the more efficient one. Explain why this statement is either true or false.
4. Explain brinkmanship in international politics. Provide a historical example.
5. What is the difference between "import substitution industrialization" and "export oriented industrialization"? What did proponents argue were the benefits of each?
6. Fortna shows that interstate conflict recurrs 20% of the time when the UN does not send peace keeping troops and 50% of the time when the UN does. What does she argue about UN effectiveness, however, and why?
7. Does a fixed or floating rate policy allow for greater control over domestic interest rates? Why, and what does this imply about management of the domestic economy under the two exchange rate regimes?
8. Briefly, describe what was agreed upon at the Bretton Woods conference.
9. What do Wendt - and most Constructivists - mean when they say that "Anarchy is what states make of it"?
10. What is the "boomerang effect"? Illustrate your answer with reference to a historical case.