A Level Politics - Global revision overview

What is global governance?

• The process by which states and intergovernmental organizations try to bring order and security to global politics.

• The establishment of a single world government.

• The creation of national laws and institutions.

• The process of economic development within a single country.

Why is world government not possible?

• Because states prefer to create state-led institutions and retain sovereignty.

• Because there is no need for global governance.

• Because international organizations are ineffective.

• Because states do not have shared problems.

What has diluted the nation-state after the Cold War? Choose 2

• Growth in global trade and political interconnectivity

• Decline in international law

• Rise of TNCs

• Economic protectionism

What do nation-states frequently defy?

• Global economic liberalism

• International law and IGOs

• Domestic socio-economic problems

• Cultural differences

What has most challenged free-trade liberalism?

• Growth in global trade

• New collective dilemmas

• Trump's economic protectionism and Brexit

• The internet

What cultural trends has the internet enabled? Choose 2

• Flattening out of cultural differences

• Growth in global trade

• New collective dilemmas

• Resurgence of national pride, resentments, and prejudice

When was the United Nations established?

• 1945

• 1949

• 1950

• 1939

What are two of the roles of the United Nations?

• To prevent environmental degradation.

• To establish a single world government.

• To combat global security threats.

• To create national laws for member states.

Which is the most powerful body of the UN?

• ECOSOC

• Security Council

• General Assembly

• International Court of Justice

When was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established?

• 1949

• 1945

• 1950

• 1939