GINS 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Multilateralism, Social Order, Natural Disaster
21 Nov 2017
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Identities and interests of actors are constructed by these shared ideas, they aren"t natural. It is created in social institutions, it is produced and stored in social contexts. Different objects present themselves as constituents of different spheres of reality. Making a choice, intended toward a goal. You can shift your consciousness through different spheres of reality. World is understood intersubjectively, how you and others understand things. Social order exists only as a product of human activity. Social order results of past human activity. Habitualization key for construction of social order. Happens enough, it becomes the norm. we try to keep things the same to prevent disquiet. Run by rules and norms: international law central element to most. Arrangement to coordinate different actors in international system. Becoming more and more important as globalizations spreads. No overarching enforcement authority to create cooperation without institutions. Follow rules to have predictability later on.
