POL208Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Postpositivism, Statism, Social Forces
28 Oct 2016
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For example, structures and interactions mutually construct one another. You have states who are based on a speci c system, then notice another state with a seemingly better system. That state will then work with the better state: for example, when you hear about nuclear weapons, you think about power. Also, it depends who obtains these weapons which decides the level of threat (indicating identity as a in uential factor to certain results or interactions): another example, after the end of the cw, there is an expansion of nato. Those under nato"s security will nd this bene cial, others can nd this a materializing nightmare of encirclement. For constructivism: anarchy is what a state makes from it: for example, u. s and iran: the interaction between the two states changed and so did their relationships. Iran went from turbulent and friendly, to harsh enemies with the us.
