Political Geography Exam 1

What does it mean by ‘colonial episteme’ in understanding the concept of governmentality?

(A) Colonial episteme is a particular approach of how colonialists promote certain ways of thinking and framing.

Which of the following is NOT accurate in understanding the nature of feminist geopolitics?

(B) Feminist geopolitics underlines the embodied, everyday, informal practices that make manifest the ‘place’ of traditionally disempowered women only, but not of other groups, such as asylum seekers and prisoners.

Friedrich Ratzel’s understanding of Political Geography has been widely criticised. What is the main criticism?

(D) His work was driven by a desire to justify the territorial expansion of Germany

Why did the concept of Social Darwinism play a key role in shaping geopolitics in late 19^th century?

(B) Because it committed to the idea of humans as naturally competitive as realism

What was the focus of Harold Mackinder’s work on Political Geography?

(C) Issues of global strategies and the balance of power between states

Which of the following is considered the nature of social movement? 

(B) A social movement is a network of formal and/or informal interactions between a plurality of individuals, groups and/or organisations

Why is it the case that the outside profession could become a hindrance to empowerment?

(B) Any notion of empowerment being 'given' by one group to another hides an attempt to keep control.

Which of the following is NOT an accurate understanding of post-colonialism?

(C) Post-colonial scholars are interested in the binary understandings of imperialism

The World-Systems Analysts would argue that the decline of the British Empire in the 20^th century was not merely a ‘British phenomenon’. Which of the following is NOT the reason behind?

(D) Because the world is divided into 3 systems: mini systems, world empires and world economy.

Which of the following descriptions are accurate in describing the Annales School of thought?

(B) i and iii only

What is the limitation of using the ‘democratic audit’? 

(C) Democratic audit reduces democracy to a set of procedures and institutions

Wallerstein’s world-systems analysis is different from Dependency theory in the sense that it incl

(A) The semi-periphery processes highlight the dynamism and social construction of the capitalist world-economy

Flint and Taylor have suggested three ways in which power geometry can be conceptualised.  Which of the following is NOT included in the power geometry?

(D) Geopolitics

Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of the concept of securitisation, highlighted by Flint and Taylor?

(D) It advocates the interventions of the state and the market

Jo Rowlands suggests that empowerment is operationalised in three dimensions. Which of the following match is NOT accurate?

(B) a & ii

Richard Harteshorne advocated using the functional approach to studying Political Geography. What does it mean?

(C) Richard Harteshorne stressed that Political Geography should understand how the centrifugal forces and centripetal forces interacted

Which of the following is NOT the impact of the ‘cultural turn’ in the 1980s on Political Geography

(D) It challenges the Oriental-centric representation of the world.

When examining the relationships between power and conflict, Jo Rowlands suggests that conflict is not always overt. Which of the following is NOT her argument?

(D) Open conflict helps people see alternatives

Jo Rowlands argues that the concept of power-over may not help the feminist movement. Why?

(B) Because men may fear losing control, which could become an obstacle to woman empowerment

Cited in Jo Rowlands’ work, John Friedmann advocates the concept of ‘alternative development’. Which of the following form of power is NOT what he believes that households and communities possess?

(C) Economic Power

What does it mean by ‘development of underdevelopment’?

Poor countries in the world are impoverished to enable a few countries to get rich

_______ is the entity ‘based upon the redistributive-tributary mode of production’

(A) World Empire

Wallerstein’s world-systems analysis is different from Dependency theory in the sense that it includes not only the core and periphary processes, but it also considers the role of semi periphary processes. What make the semi-periphary processes crucial to understanding space and power?

(A) The semi-periphery processes highlight the dynamism and social construction of the capitalist world-economy

Martin Jones and his colleagues have emphasised the differences between the ‘big P’ and ‘small p’ in Political Geography. What are the differences between them

(B) The ‘big P’ indicates politics of elections and international relations whereas where the ‘small p’ underlines politics of social relations and community life.

Political Geography covers a wide range of issues that relate to Geography and space. Which of the following is NOT what Political Geographers are interested in?

(D) None of the above

Who is considered the Father of Political Geography? 

Friedrich Ratzel

What was the focus of Harold Mackinder’s work on political geography?

(C) Issues of global strategies and the balance of power between states