Political Science · International Relations
UGC NET January 2017 Political Science
Which one of the following was not visualized by Morton Kaplan?
ABalance of power
BTight bipolar system
CLoose bipolar system
DUnipolar system ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Unipolar system — The system not envisioned by Morton Kaplan is the unipolar system.
Explanation
★The system not envisioned by Morton Kaplan is the unipolar system.
★Kaplan, in 'System and Process in International Politics' (1957), set out six models of international systems.
★A behaviouralist, Kaplan applied scientific and systems-analysis methods to the study of international politics.
★The balance of power system has several major states forming shifting alliances to stop any one dominating.
★The loose bipolar system has two leading blocs while other states keep some independence.
★The tight bipolar system has two superpowers dominating with little room for others.
★The universal system works through a global organisation that orders relations among states.
★The hierarchical system has one state or authority controlling the others from above.
★The unit veto system arises when many states can each destroy the others, as under nuclear spread.
★A unipolar system, with a single dominant power, is not part of Kaplan's six-fold scheme.
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