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Chapter 9 Self-test questions
Postcolonialism
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Which of the following best describes the relationship between postcolonialism and security studies?
Postcolonialism sits outside security studies, as it concerns only the welfare of nations and peoples once subject to imperial power.
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Despite some minor differences, postcolonialism shares with traditional security studies its view of the international system and world powers.
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Postcolonialism rejects the concept of power that is central to security studies and rejects the notion that traditionally dominant states, such as the USA, should be considered powerful.
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Relations between postcolonialism and security studies are tense and contested. Postcolonialism questions the standard Westphalian account of world history that is the basis of security studies.
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Which of the following best describes Eurocentrism?
Eurocentrism is a style of analysis in which European societies are compared to non-European societies to produce an unbiased comparison of the relative merits of each.
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Eurocentrism is a thought style in which the assessment and evaluation of non-European societies is couched in terms of the cultural assumptions and biases of Europeans.
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Eurocentrism describes studies or scholarly work that only consider European political or economic systems.
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All of the above.
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Security studies can be interpreted as an imperial field of knowledge in which of the following ways?
Security studies emerged in relation to the interests of the USA and Britain following the Second World War.
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Security studies adopts a perspective which postcolonial scholars refer to as 'the colonizer's view of the world'.
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Security studies was originally defined by the power of the USA and Britain at a time when they actively supported colonial and imperial relations in the global south.
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All of the above.
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From a critical perspective, how does postcolonialism relate to security studies?
Postcolonialism highlights the consequences for analysis of Eurocentrism and promises better social scientific explanations by taking into account marginalized points of view.
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Postcolonialism identifies the multiple ways in which security studies expresses the point of view of the colonizers and imperialists and asks how and for whom security is defined.
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Postcolonialism holds out the possibility of more plural, enabling, and transformative understandings of our world.
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All of the above.
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Which of the following ways is NOT a defining feature that distinguishes postcolonialism from other perspectives on security?
Postcolonialism uniquely considers the nation or community group as a valid referent object in security studies.
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Postcolonialism takes account not only of major wars, but also of so-called 'small wars' and asymmetric conflicts.
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Postcolonialism employs a distinctive focus on the role of violence in world politics.
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Postcolonialism is not a predominantly or exclusively European form of knowledge.
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Which of the following is NOT one of the three forms of violence identified by postcolonialism?
Material violence.
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Epistemic violence.
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Structural violence.
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Pervasive violence.
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Which of the following statements is true within the postcolonial approach?
The international system is shaped through colonized discourse that establishes notions of certain states as inferior to others.
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European practices of free trade and democracy are best suited to creating a peaceful and stable international system.
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With the end of the Second World War and gradual dissolution of the British Empire, much of postcolonialism is redundant.
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Colonial power exists only through the military actions of occupying states.
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Which of the following best describes the 'Orient' according to Edward Said?
The Orient is a constructed subject that is imagined as inferior, irrational, and backward, in comparison to the West.
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The Orient is a geographical term once used to describe east Asia.
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The Orient is an imagined concept that must be rejected by scholars in order to analyse security.
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Where there is an imbalance of power, the Orient is the dominant intellectual force or otherwise superior party.
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In what way might postcolonial analysis use the term 'thick space'?
To describe the international as hierarchically ordered and comprised of a dense set of constructed political, economic, social, military, and cultural relations.
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To describe the international as a space generated by the knowledge and practice of Western powers to favour the so-called third world.
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To describe countries that are oppressed or marginalized within imperial readings of IR.
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To describe the power embodied by sovereignty and the Westphalian norms that underpin Eurocentric perceptions of the international.
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Which of the following best describes the 'subaltern' in postcolonialism?
Subaltern refers to those who are located geographically within the southern hemisphere.
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The subaltern is a term applied to a specific group of scholars from the global south.
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The subaltern refers to populations that are marginalized or outside of the hegemonic power structure.
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The subaltern refers to the subcontinent of India.
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