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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 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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