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Constructivism
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- 1Core Thinker of ConstructivismAlexander Wendt
- 2Four Features of Constructivism- states act toward other actors on the basis of meaning and perception
- interests about social relationships among states
- states influence the system by promoting norms and ideas
- anarchy varies among states - 3ComplianceStates are forced into a political culture.
- 4Self-interestSates take on a political culture because it helps them
- 5LegitimacyStates evolve into a political culture and it becomes ingrained
- 6Low-internalizationChange is likely
- 7High-internalizationPolitical culture will remain
- 8Four factors in the mergence of Kantian Cultures- interdependence
- common fate
- homogeneity
- self restraint - 9InterdependenceProduces "core areas" where domestic cultures begin to synthesize
- 10Common Fate"Core areas" create a common fate, especially when an external threat is born.
- 11HomogeneityThe longer "core areas" survive the more likely a single cultures begins to take hold.
- 12Self RestraintWar becomes unthinkable because of learned restraint.
- 13How is constructivism different?- social construction of relationships drives state behavior
- anarchy only matters when states are in a Hobbesian or Lockean culture
- political cultures only shift when forced
- move toward Kantian culture is linear - 14The Basics of Constructivism- predicated on economic relationships
- based on class distinctions (states)
- Marx spoke little about the use of this theory to explain interstate interactions - 15Motivation for Constructivism- poverty
- inequality
- rich get richer
- children die
- illiteracy
- disease - 16World-System Theory (Wallerstein)- each state is a "zone"
- zones linked via exploitative relationships driven by economic elites
- powerful countries drain wealth from weaker countries
- rich countries stay rich, poor stay poor
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