Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Diplomatic Immunity, John Locke, Soft Power

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2231E
• Professor: Nigmendra Narain

Document Summary

1990s: nicholas onuf / alexander wendt / follow the english school but scientific positivist approach. Agent-centered constructivism: autonomous identities and interests. Social constructivism: collective identity and interest formation, purpose interaction = shared identities and interests. How do states decide policy: how do other states see them (reflection, how do other states react (feedback) Analyze interaction between states as a form of learning: agents influence each other, agents (states) structures (international system) Philippines forming alliance with china and russia to try to influence structure and us power. Change = ideas and interactions: not only material conditions, but also ideational conditions (perceptions, norms, relationships, china. Produce make wealth, work on individual enterprise but government (cid:862)(cid:272)apitalis(cid:373) (cid:449)ith a so(cid:272)ialist hea(cid:396)t(cid:863) directed. Africa engagement (africa also wants to engage with china over soviet. Union a(cid:374)d u a (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause chi(cid:374)a is(cid:374)(cid:859)t pushi(cid:374)g politi(cid:272)al age(cid:374)da o(cid:374) af(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:895) Neorealists wrong: cooperation is(cid:374)(cid:859)t o(cid:374)ly te(cid:373)po(cid:396)a(cid:396)y, hobbesian anarchy = all are enemies (not arguing for)