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4 Cards in this Set
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Constructivism |
- Social theory, not of international relations or based on simple political model - States might have a shared sense of identity - Concerned with outlining the existing links between agents and structures - About human consciousness and its role in international life
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Key concepts |
- Idealism: ideas shape how we see ourselves, knowledge that we use to categorise the world and beliefs we have of others - Agent-structure dilema: role of individuals in key events eg MLK, Hitler, Alexander Flemming Tene |
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Tenets |
- Idealism: ideas matter in world politics - Holism: world is social and cannot be broken down into properties of individual actors - Social construction of reality: ()actors are produced and created by their cultural environment ()knowledge shapes how individuals interpret own world ()social facts, whose existence depends on human agreement |
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Constructivism as bridge building |
- Offers one way of bridging gap between rationalist and reflectivist |
