| Compare-Theory-Report All fields 003 | Page Format |
| | Number sort to group items | 01 |
| | Class-Defined | Main |
| | Theory-name | Realism - [according to who?] see subsections |
| | Theory-Purpose | Unregulated competition of states, each state's interests are paramount, success is |
| | defined as preserving and strengthening each state -Waltz -ToIP p. 117 minimum = |
| | seek own survival, maximum = seek universal domination. |
| | Note | Power = Ability to Coerce -Waltz. Balance of power theory claims to explain the |
| | results of states actions under given conditions, and those results may not be |
| | foreshadowed in any actors' motives or be constrained as objectives in their policies. |
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| | Based on definition of power as coercive - only holds in conflict situations, |
| | For realist, force is most important part of power instrument |
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| | Some believe High Politics = Security and Low politics = economics. Whose "High"?. In |
| | this case state would become a security production machine |
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| | Discussion of foreign policy - in language of power and interests rather than ideals |
| | and norms.NAIC Keohane p.9 |
| | Definition-power | Power balancing routine characteristic of states. -Waltz -ToIP p. 117 Definitions of |
| | why - differ. "Balance of Power politics prevails when two requirements are met: |
| | order is anarchic and it is populated by units wishing to survive."p.121 |
| | Measure-success | For realist power is measured in terms of "Capability" to predict who will win. |
| | Motivation-Actors | All states act alike -, Mo |
| | Foreign-relations-internat-sys: | Balance of Power is a theory about results produced by the uncoordinated actions of |
| | National-Interest | National Interest defined as objective interest of states. |
| | - unitary one defined in terms of power-ERI-KM p67 |
| | System-Change-Stability | Assumes balance of power will lead to stability. At same time different realist predict |
| | bi-polar and multipolar process.. |
| | Prescriptions | .Normative Theory which recommends certain types of behaviors for states |
| | Reliability | . |
| | Literature-Defined | . |
| | Theoretical-Proposition | Self-interested states compete constantly for power or security |
| | Units-Analysis | States |
| | Instruments | Economics and especially military power |
| | Modern-Theorists | Hans Margenthau, Kenneth Waltz |
| | Modern-Works | Waltz, Theory of International Politics Mearsheimer, Back to the Future: Instability in |
| | Europe after the Cold War" (International Security, 1990)-[IROWMT] |
| | Post-Cold-War | Resurgence of overt great power competition |
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