PACS 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Counter-Terrorism, Preventive War
30 Mar 2017
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Pacs 10 constructivism, us foreign policy, and the war on terror by jackson and. Constructivists are concerned with the social constitution of world politics. They offer the possibility of a more holistic, multidimensional understanding of politics by offering a more sociological account in which ideational factors play a central role. Conventional constructivists ask why questions while critical constructivists ask how possible . Agents and structures in world politics are mutually constitutive. Ideational factors (representation, identities, beliefs, perceptions, and norms) are central to the dynamics and processes of world politics. Norms are shared expectations about appropriate/legitimate behavior by actors with a particular identity. Norms can be incorporated into a state"s conception of its national interest. The us has attempted to locate its actions in international normative frameworks, in some cases attempting to redefine existing norms to justify its own behavior in the war on terror. Us changed the norms of what constitutes preventative war and the definition of torture.
