Chapter 10 Self-test questions

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. Which of the following was not an objective of the Commission on Human Security when it was launched?

To promote public understanding, engagement, and support of human security and its underlying imperatives correct incorrect

To develop the concept of human security as an operational tool for policy formulation and implementation correct incorrect

To propose a concrete programme of action to address critical and pervasive threats to human security correct incorrect

To develop a new international justice system to enhance human security correct incorrect

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. Which of the following represents crimes prosecuted by the International Criminal Court?

Genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes correct incorrect

Trafficking, crimes against humanity, and war crimes correct incorrect

Genocide, crimes against humanity, and trafficking correct incorrect

War crimes, genocide, and trafficking correct incorrect

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. Which tradition is not included in the philosophical roots of human security?

Neorealism correct incorrect

Critical feminism correct incorrect

Liberal multilateralism correct incorrect

International law correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is a common criticism of the human security concept?

Human security is neo-colonial. correct incorrect

Human security promotes global capitalism. correct incorrect

Human security is too broad. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of these statements characterizes the traditional concept of national security, as opposed to human security?

All of the above correct incorrect

In the national security approach, real threats are only those posed to human life, human rights, or human dignity. correct incorrect

The traditional interpretations of security and threats are important boundaries that define human security. correct incorrect

The concept of national security is too narrow to be useful when analysing the broad threats that currently exist. correct incorrect

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. What are the seven critical areas of the UNDP Human Development Report that warrant sustained attention?

National, military, economic, energy, environmental, individual, and political security. correct incorrect

Economic, health, food, environmental, community, personal, and political security. correct incorrect

Food, water, health, personal, gender, climate, and economic security. correct incorrect

The Human Development Report only focused on individual security. correct incorrect

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. In which year was the seminal Human Development Report published?

1987 correct incorrect

1994 correct incorrect

1995 correct incorrect

2001 correct incorrect

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. Which of the following ideas have become mainstreamed within human security since the Human Development Report?

Limiting security analysis to military engagement is too restrictive. correct incorrect

Security is a contestable concept. correct incorrect

Focusing security only on violent conflicts is too restrictive. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. What are Bellamy and McDonald (2002) referring to with the phrase 'death by economics rather than by politics'?

They are referring to the destruction caused by neoliberal economic policy in the global South. correct incorrect

They are referring to death from the direct result of poverty. correct incorrect

They are referring to how economic and political causes of suffering are often inseparable. correct incorrect

They are referring to suffering that is not directly caused by inter-state war. correct incorrect

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. Why was the end of the Cold War important to the development of Human Security as we know it?

It led to enthusiasm about a more democratic and prosperous world. correct incorrect

Traditional theories were contested. correct incorrect

Several atrocities led scholars and politicians to look for new ways to react. correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect