Ngos In World Politicsjutta Joachim Exam Prep Ch22

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 22 - Question 01

01) According to this chapter, ‘NGO’ is an umbrella term applied to a broad range of organizations that differ in size, scope, motives, and functions.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 22 - Question 02

02) According to this chapter, NGOs are never initiated by states.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 22 - Question 03

03) The term ‘corporate social responsibility’ is understood as corporate regard for the global climate, human rights, or the well-being of the communities in which they work.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 22 - Question 04

04) Transnational advocacy networks (TANs) may include TNGOs, states, transnational corporations (TNCs), and international governmental organizations (IGOs).

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 22 - Question 05

05) The period from 1919–1934 was marked by NGO ‘disengagement’.

a. True

b. False

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Title: Chapter 22 - Question 06

06) Which of the following is not part of the repertoire of strategies identified by Keck and Sikkink that TNGOs can use to make their voices heard?

a. Symbolic politics.

b. Leverage politics.

c. Information politics.

d. Discursive politics.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 22 - Question 07

07) Amnesty International is an example of what kind of actor?

a. A transnational corporation (TNC).

b. A non-governmental organization (NGO).

c. An international governmental organization (IGO).

d. A transnational social movement organization (TSMO).

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 2 - Question 08

08) What term is used to describe governance arrangements among TNGOs and corporations intended for mutual benefit and to ensure adherence to agreed rules?

a. Multi-stakeholder dialogues.

b. Regulatory arbitrage.

c. Triangulation.

d. Public–private partnerships.

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Title: Chapter 22 - Question 09

09) This chapter lists all of the following developments in International Relations as contributing toward renewed attention to TNGOs, except…

a. The emergence of liberal approaches in the late 1970s and 1980s

b. The revival of realism in the 1980s

c. The ‘constructivist turn’ in the early 1990s

d. The ‘(global) governance turn’ in the 1990s

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 22- Question 10

10) UN Security Council Resolution 1325 ‘Women, Peace and Security’ was celebrated as a ‘landmark resolution’ because it…

a. Marked the UN Security Council’s first resolution directly addressing the unique development challenges faced by women.

b. Was the first UN Security Council resolution to draw direct attention to the issue of women and armed conflict.

c. Capped a series of important UN Security Council resolutions, in each of which the UN Security Council directly addressed the issue of women and armed conflict.

d. Marked the UN Security Council’s first resolution directly addressing the human security concerns faced by women during peacetime.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 22 - Question 11

11) Why is it increasingly common for states to rely on TNGOs in policy implementation or to delegate tasks to them that they can no longer afford or no longer want to perform?

a. Given their concern for the global commons, TNGOs often possess exclusive and valued expertise about likely sources of problems or what might be feasible solutions.

b. Compared to governments, TNGOs are closer to people, acutely aware of their needs, and frequently enjoy more acceptance and trust than states.

c. Cooperating with TNGOs can enhance the perception of the legitimacy of states or international governmental organizations.

d. All of the options given are correct.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 22 - Question 12

12) According to this chapter, TNGOs have become more business-like in which of the following ways?

a. They are experiencing on-going professionalization, characterized by the shift from organizations run by volunteers to increasing hiring of permanent staff with university degrees and specialized expertise.

b. They are increasingly commercialized, defined as the appropriation of practices otherwise used by businesses.

c. They are experiencing on-going professionalization, characterized by the shift from organizations run by volunteers to increasing hiring of permanent staff with university degrees and specialized expertise and are increasingly commercialized, defined as the appropriation of practices otherwise used by businesses.

d. None of the given options are correct; TNGOs have not become more business-like.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 22 - Question 13

13) The efforts of NGOs to engage in search and rescue operations to save migrants in the Mediterranean illustrate the ‘sovereign limits’ of NGO influence; this humanitarian crisis could not be solved by NGOs alone, but rather required more proactive policy solutions from European governments.

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 22 - Question 14

14) In what way did the series of UN special conferences of the early–mid-1990s engender both TNGO growth and activism?

a. They provided a formidable platform for TNGOs to lobby for their concerns and submit alternative proposals.

b. They provided a formidable platform for TNGOs to establish transnational networks.

c. They provided the impetus for the organization of parallel TNGO conferences held at around the same time at locations near the intergovernmental meetings.

d. All of the options given are correct.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 22 - Question 15

15) According to this chapter, all of the following arguments support the contention that TNGOs contribute to more democracy at the international level, except…

a. TNGOs give voice to those who are underrepresented in international governmental organizations.

b. TNGOs contribute to more transparency in international relations.

c. TNGOs introduce ethics into a state-based system.

d. TNGOs are democratically structured and their representatives are publicly elected.