POLI 244 : State behaviour reading notes .doc
20 Dec 2012
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In order to understand different facets of human nature, one has to deal with it on its own terms. Pp; 15 a critique of morgenthau"s principles of political realism by tickner. Toward a feminist epistemology of international relations: feminist literature emphasized connection and contingency rather than an outline with universal applicability, feminist literature encourages us to value difference and ambiguity. International political systems are individualist in origin, spontaneously generated, and unintended. The motivation of the actors is assumed, rather than realistically described. International politics is mostly about inequalities systems: states are sovereign political entities, differences of capability, not of function. Integration draws the parts of a nation closely together. Interdependence among nations leaves them loosely connected: when cooperating for mutual again, they don"t ask, will we both gain they ask, condition of insecurity uncertainty about each other"s future intentions works. Told to buy water sparingly and just what you need. individuals behaving differently will hurt themselves.
