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Why did many scholars turn to constructivism? |
Many scholars turned to constructivism after the failure of realism and liberalism to anticipate the event of the end of the Cold War |
Opposite of pass |
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What are the 3 key focuses in constructivism? |
Interest, ideas and norms |
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What does constructivism focus on? |
Constructivism focuses on how the world revolves around social ideas and shared understanding, which have a significant impact on world politics |
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Who is Alexander Wendt and what did he say? |
Alexander Wendt was one of the famous constructivists. He quoted 'Anarchy is what states make of it. While anarchy permits the realist world of power politics and self help to emerge, it does not always by itself necessitate such a response' |
Power politics and self help |
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What do constructivists think about the structure of the international system? |
Constructivists believe the structure of the international system is not an all determining factor in how states behave |
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What do constructivists tend to focus more on regarding state behaviour ? |
Constructivists tend to focus more on the ideas of norms of individuals, societies, and how they help to construct the behaviour of states |
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What do constructivists think about individuals and non-state actors? |
Constructivists believe individuals and non-state actors are key to the promotion of ideas e.g. Gorbachev with Glasnost and Perestroika |
Higher in job 💡 |
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What do constructivists see the role of humans as? |
Constructivists see the role of humans as active agents understanding and expressing their ideas |
spy 💡 |
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What do constructivists believe about war and anarchy ? |
If states believe that anarchy is going to lead to war, then that is what will likely happen |
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What do constructivists believe about how states function? |
Constructivists believe that states function in a social environment because society gives meaning to many core concepts such as anarchy, power, national interest, and the security dilemma |
Think about trees |
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What do constructivists believe about states? |
Constructivists believe that a state is a state but it has an identity |
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How do constructivists use the other theories in IR? |
Constructivism allows states to be a number of things at the same time depending on the state you are interacting with |
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Give an example of constructivism in action with the other theories |
USA can be realists towards Iran liberalist towards Great Britain and Democratic Peace Theory towards Germany |
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What do constructivists believe about realism? |
When in doubt, states will default back to realism |
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What is the word that best describes constructivist view of Anarchy? |
Constructivists have a nuanced approach to anarchy... Anarchy is what you make it out to be |
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What are the limitations of constructivism? |
Constructivists are weak on explaining what causes or leads to a change in ideas It is argued that constructivism is an approach not a theory of IR, because it could not deal with real and serious matters of IR |
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