POLS 1301 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kenneth Waltz, Nuclear Material, List Of Charmed Characters
1 May 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Levels of analysis: a framework for organizing explanations in world politics in terms of the size and complexity of the actors, behavior, and outcomes involved (decision makers, domestic society, global society) Willingness: goals and motivations that lead decisionmakers to avail themselves of opportunities. Liberalism: perspective that emphasized the importance of institutions and linkages between states for facilitating cooperation, coordination, and nonviolent models of conflict resolution. Realism: a perspective that emphasizes the importance of self interest, power, and the competitiveness of states in an anarchic international system. Radicalism: emphasizes the conflicting economic interests of social classes and the injustices experienced by the less advantaged. Rationalism: conceptualizes states and nonstate entities as rational actors pursuing their interests subject to limits imposed by their capabilities and environment. Reflectivism: rejects the idea that a social scientific approach of world politics can be modeled on the social sciences.
