Perspectives on International Relations

Created to help us describe, explain and predict world events.
1. Perspectives deal with couses of relations between states
2. Levels of analysis locate the origin of the cause.
Three main perspectives
1. Realist
  1. power
  2. cyclical
    1. Empire and equilibrium
  3. self-help protection
2. Identity
  1. Ideas
    1. history course
3. Liberal
  1. Interactions and institutions
  2. progression
    1. Global society growth
  3. Change incentives and allow cooperation
Fourth perspective
1. Critical Theory
  1. We cannot explain world events regardless their historical and social context
  2. Historical and social circumstances are key
  3. Difficult to abstract behavior
Levels
1. individual
  1. Specific decision-makers
2. domestic
  1. States or types of States
3. Systematic
  1. International system
4. foreign
  1. Internal and external pressures
5. Complex
  1. Structure
  2. Process
Moral and Ethics
1. Relativists
  1. No universal moral standards exist
2. Universalists
  1. Some principles apply to everyone
3. Pragmatists
  1. Practical approach to ethics

Resource summary

	Created by Ana Alvarez over 8 years ago