POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 53: Ecological Collapse, John Ruggie, Neoliberalism
12 Mar 2016
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Intersubjective basis of social identities can be cooperative/conflictual: eg. us and ussr cold war had national security world-views . Domestic determinants human nature, not permanent group egoism states depend on societies for political survival, societal interests nationalism, societal collective identity based on cultural, linguistic, ethnic ties. Systemic determinants argument by neorealist and institutional idealists. Darwinian view: world politics as an asocial system. Collective identity formation among states collective identities vary by issue, time, place. Intersubjective systemic structures and shared understandings define identities and interests. Intersubjective structure helps determine how much slack exists in a state system for dynamics of collective identity formation to develop: gives meaning to material ones in terms of meanings that actors act. Material factors can be a threat or facilitate incentives. John ruggie: a ship passing in the night his argument is relevant, says nothing about whether institutions cause peace by independently affecting state behaviour.
