SUST 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Liberal Democracy, International Relations, Gossip
10 Oct 2018
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Begins within the realm of critical theories (marxism, feminism, post-modernism) By contrast most critical theories are not testable, but about poking holes in other the. Constructivism: a response to both - but mainly realism. See interstate relations as more nuanced than just "liberal democracies and not" Anarchy does exist, but only because we have constructed it. We haven"t figured out how to not be anarchical yet. Constructivists say that internal state issues do matter, and the issues are more compl. Actors have agency and therefore effect how events occur. Britain has nuclear weapons, why are they viewed differently than north korea. North korea has signalled (via direct threat) that they may bomb us. Britain and the us have shared history (from wws) At different points, nuclear weapons would be treated differently in di. Trump - "my red button is bigger than yours" "rocket man" Use of chemical weapons in syria crossed a norm.
