INS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Martha Finnemore, International Relations, Billiard Table

• School: University of Miami
• Department: International Studies
• Course: INS 101
• Professor: John Twitchell

Document Summary

Materialist vs. idealist theories: social constructivism = idealist, social theory; People with ideas, beliefs, and perceptions about the reality; It is not about objectivity (materialist) but about subjectivity (idealist); Constructivism draws a lot from theories on the social world; There"s another approach that is not speci cally about interstate relations: norms of society; Norms reshaped international relations and the way that states view the world issues: un ideology piece helps us apply norms of international society, un"s mission is to overcome the material interests of states; Rise of constructivism north america: international society = similar to social constructivism; existed in europe; Constructivism as a social theory: constructivism is a perspective in ir but it is also applied throughout the social sciences, the authors describe the origins of constructivism and then they talk about the ir theories; Constructivist theories in ir: wendt father of constructivism in north america; Structures of anarchy: international society > international society = anarchical society;