POLS 261 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ozone Depletion, Arab Spring, Risk Aversion
5 Dec 2014
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Due to the anarchic nature of the international system, states are engaged in a constant struggle for power to ensure their survival. A view of international politics based on the pursuit of democratic values, free-trade markets and multilateral cooperation in a rule-based international society. The international structure shapes actors" identities and therefore, their interests. Actors in turn can reproduce or transform that structure though repeated practice. Critique of the capitalist political economy to explain patterns of political domination in the international system. The study of gender-based exclusionary practices in international politics. Feminism: national interests are relatively unchangeable over time. Neo-realists believe that domestic political interests also shape foreign policy, and thus a states priorities could change. Constructivists believe that a state interests and foreign policy gals are defined in the context of internationally held norms and understanding about what is good and appropriate .
