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| | Class-Defined | Main Test9 |
| | Theory-name | Constructivist Theories -Theory of Int'l Politics which works |
| | on both the micro and macro level -Wednt |
| | Theory-Purpose | Develop a theory of international system as social |
| | constructivism. Account for identity and intersts, show how |
| | Note | What: a theory of International Politics which works on both |
| | a micro and macro level. An approach to understand states |
| | identity, how they develop and change. |
| | |
| | Assumptions: |
| | 1. Human beings and their organization are purposefull |
| | actors whose actions help to produce or transform the |
| | society in which they live. |
| | 2. Society is made up of social relationships between actors. |
| | |
| | 3. Properties of actors and of social structures are both |
| | relevent to explanation of social behavior. |
| | |
| | Structuration Theory = Solution to agent structure problem = |
| | Mutual Constituted or co-determined entities. |
| | Structure and agents co-determine each other Wednt. P. 350 |
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| | |
| | Belief in Structuration theory is based on Scientific Realism |
| | (effects based on unobservables and __________). Therfore |
| | when trying to explain international Politics agent and |
| | structure have equal causal capacity Have to give equal |
| | Definition-power | Power is both material and discursive [ideas, culture--]. |
| | "Deep structure of power politics,..in international |
| | System-Change- | Change based on internal and external. |
| | When trying to explain internat Pol: agent and structure have |
| | System-Change- | socially constructed affected by state behavior, identity and |
| | interest. |
| | Ordering principle depends on intersubjectivity -Wednt p.85. |
| | |
| | Structuration Theory = Solution to agent structure problem = |
| | Mutual Constituted or co-determined entities. [and identities] |
| | p.317? |
| | Structure and agents co-determine each other Wednt. P. 350 |
| | |
| | |
| | Belief in Structuration theory is based on Scientific Realism |
| | (effects based on unobservables and __________). Therfore |
| | when trying to explain international Politics agent and |
| | structure have equal causal capacity Have to give equal |
| | weight to agent and structure. |
| | More powerful the actors ; more entrenched culture, difficult |
| | to change; |
| | Change difficult but possible |
| | Changed can be caused by change in collective identity. |
| | Process of changing the nature of identity: 4 variables: |
| | Interdependance, Self Restraint; Common Fate; |
| | What-necesary- | 1. Human beings and their organization are purposefull |
| | actors whose actions help to produce or transform the |
| | society in which they live. |
| | 2. Society is made up of social relationships between actors. |
| | |
| | 3. Properties of actors and those of social structures are |
| | Limitation | Better at describing the past than anticipating the future |
| | notes:left out how master values go up & down? How micro |
| | level change transfer to macro level? |
| | Tuesday, 20 May, 2003 | Page 9 of 10 |