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Dr. Essex
2020...

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POLS%1600)Intro)to)International)Relations)(W2020)) Different)theoretical)perspectives)on)world)politics) )

) Realism) Basic)unit)of) analysis)

State%system%

Main)actors)in) States% world)politics)

Liberalism)

Marxism)

Individuals% (both%people% and%states)%

Social%facts,% Social%relations%% ideas,%and% norms%

States% (but%many%non> state%actors%are% also%important)%

Classes% (esp.%Labor%and% Capital)%

Post%) structuralism)

Post%) colonialism)

Feminism)

Discourses%

Cultural% identity% (esp.%race)%

Institutions% guided%by%ideas,% norms,%and% regimes%

Social%groups% and%their%forms% of%knowledge%

Colonizing%and% Depends%on%the% colonized% type%of% societies%and% feminism% cultures%

Constructions% of%gender%

What)makes) politics)go?)

Self>preservation% Rational% and%the%will%to% self>interest% dominate%others%

Class%struggle%

Structure> agency% interaction%

Social%struggle% over%dominant% discourses%

Cultural% Depends%on%the% domination%&% type%of% resistance%to%it% feminism%

Perspective)on) current)world) political) system)

Not%critical% (system%must%be% maintained%with% balance%of% power)%

Critical%(system% works%to% preserve% capitalism/class%% exploitation)%

Somewhat% critical% (examines% things%that%may% be%taken%for% granted)%

Critical% (system%works% by%political,% social,%cultural% domination)%

Critical% (system%is% racist%and% imperialist)%

Somewhat% critical% (gender%focus%% is%often%ignored% in%other% theories)%

Cultural%norms% (currently%these% emphasize%state% sovereignty%and% system%anarchy)%

Discourses%that% legitimize%the% current%system% &%its%imbalances%

Cultural% domination% and% imperialism%

Depends%on%the% type%of% feminism%

Not%critical% (system%must% be%maintained% through%better% institutions)%

Principle)of) Democratic% World%system% organization)in) Balance%of%power% institutions%and% of%capitalist% the)world) free%markets% domination% system)

%

Social) constructivism)

Main)function) of)modern) nation%state)

To%achieve% security%for%itself% and%power%over% other%states%

To%protect%and% extend%liberty,% To%organize% class%interests% equality,% democracy,%and% and%hegemony% markets%

State%is%part%of% the%system%of% political%norms%

To%exercise% power%through% bureaucracy%and% legitimation%of% dominant% interests%

Could%be%a% liberating%or% dominating% force,%depends% on%specifics%

Depends%on%the% state,%could% protect% women’s%rights% or%trample%all% over%them%

Current) significance)in) policymaking)

High%

High%

Low%

Low%

Low%

Medium%

Low%...