POL 2103 Lecture 4: Neo—Realism.docx
13 Apr 2015
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1970"s: detent : ameliorate tensions between nations, standard lessons of realism not applying nicely to the cold war world as it seemed during the beginning, european union development, realism looks like its on the back heal: new sophisticated forms coming to the forfront in this context that kenneth waltz publishes publications that establish the school of thought of neo realism trying to put it on new footing creating a more powerful theory that addresses criticisms that are launched towards it [1979 theory of international politics] Not scientific enough: book responds to things that he sees weak or problematic about realism, despite morgenthau"s view, he believes it is not systematic enough, too much of it reads like common sense foreign policy advice not theoretical or scientific enough, wants to establish it on a firm theoretical basis to build a logical structure that builds basic ideas and from that logically derived builds a whole series of enterprises.
