United States foreign policy

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all is multiple choice questions 20

Question 1

A decision unit is

Group of answer choices

a set of authorities with the ability to commit the resources of a society and make a decision that cannot be readily reversed

None of the above

The political structure of a gov that identifies, decides, and implements foreign policy

Both A and B above

Question 21 pts

An ultimate decision unit is

Group of answer choices

The political structure of a gov that identifies, decides, and implements foreign policy

Both A and B above

a set of authorities with the ability to commit the resources of a society and make a decision that cannot be readily reversed

None of the above

Question 31 pts

“a set of individuals, all of whom are members of a single body, [that] collectively select a course of action in face-to -face interaction” constitutes which basic decision unit?

Group of answer choices

The single group

The group comprised of multiple autonomous units

The single, predominant leader

None of the above

Question 41 pts

“Separate individuals, groups, or coalitions, which, if some or all concur, can act for the government, but no one of which has the ability to decide and force compliance on the others” makes up which basic decision unit?

Group of answer choices

The group comprised of multiple autonomous units

None of the above

The single, predominant leader

The single group

Question 51 pts

The story a people in a country tell about who they are as a people, who their country is in the world, and what their country does in the world is referred to as

Group of answer choices

Domestic politics

All of the above

Culture

National self-image

Question 61 pts

Culture as an explanation of foreign policy decisions can be persuasive because

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It is easy to define

It is intuitive

It is true

All of the above

Question 71 pts

It is hard to empirically assess cultural explanations of foreign policy because

Group of answer choices

None of the above

the hypothesis that culture affects what nations do in the international arena cannot be falsified

there is no research done on the relationship between culture and foreign policy

All of the above

Question 81 pts

The type of the political system, the type of regime, the division of power and authority between government institutions are the following state-level factors that affect foreign policy decisions

Group of answer choices

Cultural factors

None of the above

Governmental factors

Societal factors

Question 91 pts

Type of the economic system, the history of the people, ethnic, racial, and religious mix, interest groups and political parties are the following state-level factors that affect foreign policy decisions

Group of answer choices

Governmental factors

None of the above

Societal factors

Cultural factors

Question 101 pts

A domestic politics explanation of foreign policy should

Group of answer choices

All of the above

Explain why countries similarly placed in the international system have different foreign policies

Offer critical clues as to whether a country’s FP is reactive or proactive

Identify constraints imposed by domestic politics on foreign policy

Question 111 pts

Studying the effects of the type of government on foreign policy decisionmaking is

Group of answer choices

Not important because individuals make foreign policy decisions

A and B above

Important in identifying the process by which winners and losers are determined on any given foreign policy issue

Important because it tells us which political actors and resources are legitimate and the processes by which policy decisions are made

Question 121 pts

Politicians use the following strategies to address domestic opposition to foreign policy decisions

Group of answer choices

All of the above

A and C above

Insulation

Accommodation

Mobilization

Question 131 pts

Mobilization as a strategy to address domestic opposition to foreign policy decisions means

Group of answer choices

All of the above

Bargaining with the opposition and avoiding controversy

Manipulation of foreign policy to one’s own advantage, confronting the opposition by appealing to nationalism and imperialism

Deflecting attention from foreign policy issues by suppressing or overriding the opposition

Question 141 pts

The relationship between domestic politics and foreign policy is undertheorized because the polity is a large and diverse sphere of action, as it encompasses power struggles

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Between branches of government

Between broader societal sources of influence (think tanks, churches, voters)

All of the above

Between political parties (and factions within these parties)

Question 151 pts

How do institutional constraints affect foreign policy decisionmaking ?

Group of answer choices

Foreign policy options will be screened first and foremost for domestic political acceptability

All of the above

Electoral accountability for foreign policy often constrains choice of foreign policy behavior by the government

If the domestic consequences of a foreign policy option are intolerable, the option will be removed from consideration, no matter how optimal it might be

Question 161 pts

Which type of public is not interested in FP matters, holds no or only poorly informed views on foreign policy, and has no impact on policy making?

Group of answer choices

The elite

None of the above

Mass public

The attentive public

Question 171 pts

Mass media as the primary conduit between the public and policymakers means that

Group of answer choices

Both A and B above

None of the above

Policymakers follow media reports on public opinion

Media are the public’s chief source of information

Question 181 pts

What are some sources of public opinion?

Group of answer choices

All of the above

Ideology

Demographics

Partisanship

Question 191 pts

What can explain changes in individuals’ foreign policy attitude over time?

Group of answer choices

Ideology

Mass media content

Demographics

Partisanship

Question 201 pts

At which level of analysis the behavior of the states is shaped by its position (or its degree of power) within the international system

Group of answer choices

None of the above

The state level

The system level

The individual level