| Compare-Theory-Report All fields 003 | Page Format |
| | Number sort to group items | 03 |
| | Class-Defined | Main |
| | Theory-name | Constructivist Theories -Theory of Int'l Politics which works on both the |
| | micro and macro level |
| | Theory-Purpose | Develop a theory of international system as social constructivism. Account for identity |
| | and intersts, show how they come to problemitize identity of states. Bring Order and |
| | predictability to world politics. |
| | 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 |
| | |
| | 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. |
| | Definition-power | Power is both material and discursive [ideas, culture--]. "Deep structure of power |
| | politics,..in international relations"AWSMI Wednt p106. |
| | Measure-success | . |
| | Motivation-Actors | Mutual Constituted or co-determined entities. Relationship between what actors do |
| | and who they are. |
| | Foreign-relations-internat-sys: | "Deep structure of power politics,..in international relations"AWSMI Wednt p106. |
| | National-Interest | Nt'l Interest related to identity. System has a culture, takes many forms, ideology, |
| | norms, threats and these condition the identity of actors. Create a comon knowledge |
| | about what the actors believe about each other. Subjective and intersubjective. |
| | System-Change-Stability | Change based on internal and external. |
| | Prescriptions | . |
| | Reliability | . |
| | Literature-Defined | . |
| | Theoretical-Proposition | State behavior shaped by elite beliefs, collective norms, and social identities |
| | Units-Analysis | Individuals (especially elites) |
| | Instruments | Ideas and Discourse |
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