Constructivism in international relations

Annie Addison 10/7/14 Block 1&2 Superpowers Are Meant To Be Used Imagine if you were in a dark alleyway and a man in all black came up to you, and for no reason, started attacking you. You beg this man to stop, ask why he is doing this, but you get no reply. You try to fight back, but the man only hits you harder. There is no one there to help because everyone is afraid of this man, and when he began to walk down the street, everyone else cleared away, not wanting to mess with or disturb…

Hesiod and Sophocles discuss how the youth threaten elders and their positions of power. The role of the son in their works shines light onto how rulers in their quest to retain power can be threatened even by those who support them. This fear causes the father to push their son away thus fulfilling their fears as the sons’ future actions lead to a destabilization in the political order. This destabilization is show to be a loss of political power as the son either supplants their role or…

Both Philip Fithian and Goerge Washington record and immortalize the life of late 18th century white Virginian gentry in their diaries. In vastly different styles, both men describe the culture, values, power structures, methods of mastery, and relationships between men and women in colonial Virginia. As an outsider to this society, Philip Fithian creates a more complete and colorful picture than George Washington does. While Fithian’s account offers explicit observations about Virginian gentry,…

granted in mainstream and even some critical theories of development. However, these terms are not neutral descriptors, rather they are part of a larger regime of development discourse and are implicated in the maintenance of unequal global power relations. Building on the Foucauldian concept of discourse, anthropologists like Escobar and Ferguson have argued that development is a historically produced discourse. In the first part of this essay, I will outline Escobar’s arguments about how and…

argued that sexuality is always constructed within the terms of discourse and power, where power is partially understood in terms of heterosexual and phallic cultural conventions [...] If sexuality is culturally constructed within existing power relations, then the postulation of a normative sexuality that is ‘before’, ‘outside’, or ‘beyond’ power is a cultural impossibility and a politically impracticable dream, one that postpones the concrete and contemporary task of rethinking…

Historians and International Relations scholars have long had a relationship that allows for interworking, while distinct differences still remain separating the two. In studying the past, a historian and an international relations scholar would take into account the past as a force that generates the questions and theories of both parties. On the other hand, there lies a difference in the way that the historian would place more emphasis on recounting history and international events for their…

Objective: (What is the central focus of the lesson?) The students will be able to….. {3 pts} The students will be able to identify the similarities and differences between two ideas, characteristics, or characters. Students will then be able to compare and contrast the concepts between the two concepts. Student Outcomes: (What will the students do?) {5 pts} Students will identify the similarities and differences between Diana, Raja, and Mekea. Students will use these identified traits to…

In 2010, an oil rig by the name of Deepwater Horizon, located 41 miles off the coast of Louisiana experienced a malfunction and exploded. BP hired Transocean, who owned and operated the rig, to cement the bottom of the well and put a cap on it. The crew, led by Jim “Mr. Jimmy” Harrell, suffered 11 deaths. The well pumped 5 million barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, creating an environmental catastrophe unlike anything North America had seen in decades. The 2016 film, Deepwater Horizon, tells…

dollars, though he “insists that were innocent acts of generosity,” and had her released from police custody in order to “avoid straining diplomatic relations” (Levy). Neither of the women tried to be anything more to the political male than the entertainment that he desired, but Nell Gwynn that more widely accepted as the King’s mistress, whereas the relations between Burlosconi and Rubaconi lead to the “Rubygate scandal” (Wilson and Goldfarb 245; Levy). Though these two women of the stage may…

Power Relations Standpoint theorist understand how power relations shape the world and affects how we understand it (Rouse, 2009). Power is usually associated with a person’s dominance or physical strength. However, the definition of power in the context of standpoint theory is the power of institutions or groups. All major institutions have control over the world and how we experience it. Those within these institutions/groups have more influence and power over society and their views become…