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Class-Defined .

Theory-name Constructivist Theories

Theory-Purpose .

Note .

Definition-power .

Measure-success .

Motivation-Actors .

Discuss- Foreign-relations .

National-Interest .

System-Change-Stability .

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

Modern-Theorists Alexander Wendt, John Ruggie

Modern-Works Wendt, "Anarchy Is What States Make of It" (International Organization, 1992); Koslowski

& Kratochwil, "Understanding Changes in International Politics" (International

Post-Cold-War Agnostic because it cannot predict the content of ideas

Limitation Better of describing the past than anticipating the future

Reference QWMT

link .

Sort-Catagories .

What-necesary .

How-test .

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