POLSCI 2I03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Statism, Frankfurt School, Intertextuality

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 2I03
• Professor: Mark Busser

Document Summary

Structural realism: security maximizers vs. power maximizers ie. defensive vs. offensive neoclassicalists bring individual and unit variation back into the theory. 2. state is pre-eminent power sovreignty signifies existence of independent political community with judicial authority over its territory. Flawed empirically because of challenges from above and below, normatively because they"re useless shit. Are there no limits to what actions states can take in the name of necessity. *self help: not inevitable, construct, some states prefer collective or regional security systems. Liberalism: activist vs. pragmatic (fix stuff or myob) Neorealists: ken waltz (structure of system influences behaviour of states, expanding power and capabilities), Neorealists: national attributes not determinants of foreign policy, all functionally similar units. Neorealists: balance of power is central mechanism of order. Joseph grieco= critical of instituionalists, relative gains, 2 barriers to cooperation: follow rules relative gains and fear others won"t.