Political Science · International Relations
UGC NET July 2016 Political Science
According to Iris L. Claude Jr., which one of the following is not a device for the management of power?
AArms control ✓ Correct
BCollective security
CBalance of power
DWorld government
Correct answer: (A) Arms control — According to Iris L. Claude Jr., arms control is not a device for the management of power.
Explanation
★According to Iris L. Claude Jr., arms control is not a device for the management of power.
★Claude set out the main mechanisms states use to manage power in world politics.
★The first is the balance of power, where rival powers check one another.
★The second is collective security, where an attack on one is treated as an attack on all.
★The third is world government, a single overarching authority above states.
★Arms control limits or reduces weapons but is not counted among these three devices.
★Claude analysed these mechanisms in his classic 'Power and International Relations' (1962).
★His framework remains a standard reference for the management of power.
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