POL208Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mikhail Gorbachev, Security Dilemma, Collective Action
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Anarchy is what states make of it wendt (reading 1) It is the human nature or dom pol of predator states that provide the initial impetus or. They"re a function of what actors collectively know". Institutionalization: process of internalizing new identities and interests, not something occurring outside them and affecting only behaviour: self-help is an institution, distribution of power depends on cognitive variation, at one end is the competitive security system. States identify negatively w/ each other"s security so that ego"s gain is seen as alter"s loss: collective action is nearly impossible b/c each actor must constantly fear being stabbed in the back. Self-help form of anarchy: in the middle is the individualistic security system. States are indiff to the relationship b/w their own and others" security. Concerned primarily w/ absolute gains rather than relative gains. One"s position in the distr of power is less imp & collective action is more possible. Self-help form of anarchy: cooperative security system.
