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The State of Nature
Actors
Security
Core Concepts
Theoriously?
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For realists, the state of nature in the international system is

anarchy

chaos

war

100
According to classic realist theory, who are the primary and unitary actors in the international system?

States

100
According to realists, states compete in security and economy to acquire more
power
100

What term explains the pervasive focus in scholarship & pedagogy on European/ Western perspectives and narratives

Eurocentrism

100

Realist states are always pursuing

national interest

power

200

For liberalists, the state of nature is

perpetual peace

200

According to classic liberalism, states are the primary actors but not unitary actors. What other actors play a role in the international system?

International Institutions

Domestic Politics

Organizations (NGOs, MNCs)...

200

According to Liberalists, war is not the state of nature, but instead reflects...

the vested interests of undemocratic and militaristic people in power

200

If constructivism is about context, and realism is about competition, what is liberalism about? 

(what C word am I looking for?)

Cooperation

200

Which classic theory would support a capitalist global economy?

Liberalism

300

According to both Hobbes & Locke, in the state of nature men are:

equal

300

According to liberalist theory, actors care about absolute gains. In realist theories actors care about _____ gains. What does this mean?

Relative

(meaning that benefit for someone else is a loss of power for you)

300

What is Doyle's theory that suggests that certain states will not fight against each other because the people constrain the behavior of those in power?

Democratic Peace

300

Which theory focuses on principals of Life, Liberty, and Property?

Liberalism

300

In constructivist theory, the actors which shape the international system and are in turn shaped by the international system are...

individuals

400

For liberalists, the state of nature ends when

private property is introduced

400

According to realists, people in power and states are ____ actors who are utility maximizing and consider costs and benefits to their actions to make decisions that acquire more power

rational actors

400

According to Marxist critical theory, the only way to create a society oriented around equality and collectivity is to do what with the existing system of exploitation?

violently overthrow capitalist structures

revolution


400
The realm of international relations focuses on interactions between actors in 

(2 arenas of political exchange)

Security

Economy

400

Post-colonial IR theory highlights

 the degree of continuity and persistence of colonial forms of power in contemporary World Politics