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11 Cards in this Set
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Structuration
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idea by Giddens that social life is more than random individual acts, but is not merely determined by social forces, adapted for international relations by Wendt to say: international normative structure shapes the identities & interests of states, and through their practices & interactions states re-create that very structure.
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Wendt
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introduced the agent-structure problem of how international relations scholars should conceptualize the relationship between agents (states) and structures (international system).
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Regulative rules
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rules that regulate already existing activities.
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Constitutive rules
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create the possibility of existing activities, defining the game, don’t naturally exist & therefore can be changed.
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Norm
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general standards of behavior & identify the rights & obligations of states.
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Norm cascade
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norm leaders attempt to socialize other states to be there followers & cascades through population; results from pressure to conform, desire to enhance legitimacy & enhance there self-esteem.
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Agent-structure
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relationship between the agent & the structure, which one causes the other; are agents pre-social & produce structure, or are interests developed by structure.
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Idealism
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a substantive theory of international relations that claims world peace is possible; as a social theory the claim that the most fundamental feature of society is social consciousness; meaning & consequences of material forces driven by human interpretation & understanding.
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Materialism
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most fundamental feature of society is the organization of material forces (natural resources, geography, military power, tech.) which explain how world works; leads to forms technological determinism or distribution of military power as for understanding patterns.
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Identity
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the understanding of self in relationship to ‘others’; identities shape interests & are produces through interactions & can change.
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Rational choice
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approach emphasizing how actors attempt to maximize their interest, choose methods to achieve interests under a set of constraints.
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