Neo-liberals and neo-realists share common assumptions about states acting rationally to maximize their interests in international politics. An international regime is a set of principles, norms, rules and decision-making procedures around which actor expectations converge in a given issue-area. Constructivism differs from previous mainstream theories by arguing that material structures are socially constructed and that ideas, culture and identity shape state interests and actions, not just rational calculations of costs and benefits.
Neo-liberals and neo-realists share common assumptions about states acting rationally to maximize their interests in international politics. An international regime is a set of principles, norms, rules and decision-making procedures around which actor expectations converge in a given issue-area. Constructivism differs from previous mainstream theories by arguing that material structures are socially constructed and that ideas, culture and identity shape state interests and actions, not just rational calculations of costs and benefits.
Neo-liberals and neo-realists share common assumptions about states acting rationally to maximize their interests in international politics. An international regime is a set of principles, norms, rules and decision-making procedures around which actor expectations converge in a given issue-area. Constructivism differs from previous mainstream theories by arguing that material structures are socially constructed and that ideas, culture and identity shape state interests and actions, not just rational calculations of costs and benefits.
Neo-liberals and neo-realists share common assumptions about states acting rationally to maximize their interests in international politics. An international regime is a set of principles, norms, rules and decision-making procedures around which actor expectations converge in a given issue-area. Constructivism differs from previous mainstream theories by arguing that material structures are socially constructed and that ideas, culture and identity shape state interests and actions, not just rational calculations of costs and benefits.
TOPIC 3 Perspectives of Foreign Policy 1. What are the common assumptions shared by Neo-Liberals and Neo-Realists? Do their arguments address all the issues in international politics? 2. What is an international regime? 3. Explain Constructivism and outline the way it differs from previous mainstream theories.
1. What are the common assumptions shared by Neo-Liberals and Neo-
Realists? 2. What is an international regime?
3. Explain Constructivism and outline the way it differs from previous