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. Globalization involves...

A stretching of social, political, and economic activities across political frontiers. correct incorrect

A growing magnitude of interconnectedness in almost every sphere of social existence. correct incorrect

An accelerating pace of global interactions and processes associated with a deepening enmeshment of the local and the global. correct incorrect

All of the answer options given are correct correct incorrect

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. In the first wave, the age of discovery (1450-1850), globalization...

Was a benign form of cosmopolitan democracy. correct incorrect

Was equally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups. correct incorrect

Was decisively shaped by European expansion and conquest. correct incorrect

Saw the establishment of the international Convention on the Elimination of Child Labour. correct incorrect

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. The second wave (1850-1945)...

Defined a new age in world history so that today the microchip and the satellite are considered icons of a globalized world order. correct incorrect

Evidenced a major expansion in the spread and entrenchment of European empires. correct incorrect

Saw the expansion of transnational and international law from trade to human rights. correct incorrect

Saw the establishment of the international Convention on the Elimination of Child Labour. correct incorrect

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. Asymmetrical globalization is...

The way in which contemporary globalization is equally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups. correct incorrect

The way in which contemporary globalization is unequally experienced across the world and amongst different social groups. correct incorrect

The degree to which networks or patterns of social interaction are formally constituted as organizations with specific purposes. correct incorrect

A process in which the organization of social activities is increasingly less constrained by geographical proximity and national territorial boundaries. correct incorrect

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. The disaggregated state...

Is the complex that brings together the representatives of governments, international organizations, NGOs, and the corporate sector for the formulation and implementation of global public policy. correct incorrect

Is the formal and informal mechanism which link government officials in one agency with their foreign counterparts for purposes of policy coordination, harmonization, dialogue and enforcement. correct incorrect

Is the tendency for states to become increasingly fragmented actors in global politics as every part of the government machine becomes entangled with its foreign counterparts and others in dealing with global issues through proliferating transgovernmental and global policy networks. correct incorrect

Is the rightful entitlement to exclusive, unqualified and supreme rule within a delimited territory. correct incorrect

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. Sceptical accounts of globalization dismiss its significance because they argue that...

By comparison with the period 1870 to 1914, the world is now less globalized economically, politically and culturally. correct incorrect

The vast bulk of international economic and political activity is concentrated within the group of OECD states. correct incorrect

Globalization is at best a self-serving myth or ideology which reinforces Western and particularly US hegemony in world politics. correct incorrect

All of the answer options given are correct correct incorrect

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. State autonomy is challenged in the "post-Westphalian" order because...

Countries appear as autonomous containers of political, social and economic activity in that fixed borders separate the domestic sphere from the world outside. correct incorrect

By comparison with the heyday of European global empires the majority of the world population and countries in the South are now much less integrated into the global system. correct incorrect

In a more interdependent world, national governments are forced to engage in extensive multilateral collaboration and co-operation simply to achieve domestic objectives. correct incorrect

State power, nationalism and territorial boundaries are of growing, not less importance in world politics. correct incorrect

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. Time-space compression is...

Capitalism’s insatiable requirement for new markets and profits, which lead inevitably to the globalization of economic activity. correct incorrect

A shared ecology involving shared environmental problems, from global warming to species protection, alongside the creation of multilateral responses and regimes of global environmental governance. correct incorrect

Central to any account of globalization since it is a truism that without modern communications infrastructures, in particular, a global system or worldwide economy would not be possible. correct incorrect

The technologically induced erosion of distance and time, which gives the appearance of a world that is, in communication terms, shrinking. correct incorrect

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. The international Convention on the Elimination of Child Labour...

Was a result of countries appearing as autonomous containers of political, social and economic activity in that fixed borders separate the domestic sphere from the world outside. correct incorrect

Represents a process in which the organization of social activities is increasingly less constrained by geographical proximity and national territorial boundaries. correct incorrect

Involves a complex mix of homogenization and increased heterogeneity given the global diffusion of popular culture, global media corporations, and communications networks. correct incorrect

Was the product of a complex politics involving public and private actors from trade unions, industrial associations, humanitarian groups, governments, and legal experts. correct incorrect

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. The "Post-Westphalian Order" is characterized by:

The sovereign power and authority of national government - the entitlement of states to rule within their own territorial space - being transformed but not necessarily eroded. correct incorrect

A real dilemma: in return for more effective public policy and meeting their citizens’ demands, whether in relation to the drugs trade or employment, states’ capacity for self-governance - that is state autonomy - is compromised. correct incorrect

The emergence of a new geography of political organization and political power, which transcends territories and borders. correct incorrect

All of the answer options given are correct correct incorrect