POLS 2200 Chapter Notes -Zero-Sum Game, Critical Theory, International Political Economy
2 Apr 2015
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May overlap and can focus on the same problem, but value underlies the selection of the problems to which empirical theories are addressed. Empirical theory deals essentially with the is of international phenomena with things as they are if and when they are subjected to observation. Value theory deals essentially with the ought of international phenomena, with things as they should be if and when they could be subjected to manipulation. Explain why international phenomena are structured as they are. Assume that each and every international phenomenon is and/or behave as they do theoretically explicable: deeper understanding of its dynamics could be achieved if appropriate instruments for measuring it were available. Underlying order out of which international relations springs. None is more central than the inclination to ask this question at every opportunity. The phenomenon exists in isolation, unique only unto itself therefore, we always have an answer to this question.
