Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Peter J. Katzenstein, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2231E
• Professor: Radoslav Dimitrov

Document Summary

Autonomous identities and interests: social constructivism. Purposive interaction = shared identities and interests. How do other states see them? (reflection) Agents (states) and structures (international system) interact. African engagement - concerned with their engagement. Cooperation is not trade only other basis for cooperation (beside security) Action and interests = anarchic interstate system. Wendt" anarchy is what states make of it. Cooperation is a form of learned interaction between states. Understanding shared amongst people and therefore, people know what to do. Interests satisfied -> interact as friends -> "friendly" structure -> change interests and actions accordingly. Kantian anarchy = all states can eventually be friends. Makes something the object of a security framework -> response. States pursue this purposely through languages and actions -> "war on " There are so many "wars on" because securitization allows for a certain type of discourse. States have habit of following norms, even unconsciously. Neoliberals believe structure or trade are constraints.