Regionalism In International Affairs MCQs

Option A: EU integration has fed on and contributed to the global trend towards neo-liberal economic policy

Option B: the trend towards greater social and cultural exchange has intensified

Option C: Despite the growth of an integrated market there is no real integrated civil society

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: simplified the earlier treaties.

Option B: creates the post of President of the Council and EU Foreign Minister.

Option C: incorporates the Fundamental Rights Charter.

Option D: all of the above.

Correct Answer: all of the above. ✔

Option A: removed all non-tariff barriers.

Option B: led to the expansion of majority voting.

Option C: destroyed the pound.

Option D: created the Common Market.

Correct Answer: led to the expansion of majority voting. ✔

Option A: Made a plan for a common market

Option B: Removed all non-trade barriers to the mobility of goods, people, services and capital

Option C: Reformed the commission and council in terms of voting weights

Option D: Economic and monetary union

Correct Answer: Removed all non-trade barriers to the mobility of goods, people, services and capital ✔

Option A: SAARC

Option B: MERCOSUR

Option C: APEC

Option D: ASEAN

Correct Answer: MERCOSUR ✔

Option A: It is where representatives of nations governments negotiate the legal framework within which the EU institutions operate

Option B: It is where EU officials meet to decide on economic policy

Option C: It is where EU representatives convene for the purpose of increased understanding between nation-states

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: It is where representatives of nations governments negotiate the legal framework within which the EU institutions operate ✔

Option A: Initiating, administering and overseeing the implementation of EU policies and legislation

Option B: Representatives of the EU investigating the operations of other institutions

Option C: Representing the views of national governments

Option D: Determining the ultimate shape of EU legislation

Correct Answer: Initiating, administering and overseeing the implementation of EU policies and legislation ✔

Option A: EU’s highest court, ruling in dispute matters of EU law between member states

Option B: EU’s court for human rights, ruling in human rights violations in the EU

Option C: A committee representing the laws of every country in the EU

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: A. EU’s highest court, ruling in dispute matters of EU law between member states ✔

Option A: Concept in integration theory that indicates that states remain in control of the process and that common of the process and that common institutions merely facilitate decision-making among state representatives

Option B: Concept in integration theory that implies the creation of common institutions having independent decision-making authority and thus the ability to impose certain decision and rules on member states

Option C: Concept in neo-functionalist integration theory, indicating that there is a integration spillover

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Concept in integration theory that implies the creation of common institutions having independent decision-making authority and thus the ability to impose certain decision and rules on member states ✔

Option A: Creation of a new polity bringing together a number of different constituent parts

Option B: Regular and sustained interaction between states on policy issues

Option C: Development of institutionalized cooperation among states and other actors on the basis of regional contiguity as a feature of global politics

Option D: Creation of institutions having independent decision making authority

Correct Answer: Development of institutionalized cooperation among states and other actors on the basis of regional contiguity as a feature of global politics ✔