5 reasons

Question 1

Wendt is not really anything like as much of a constructivist as he implies and certainly not enough to satisfy reflectivists

Answer 1

He defines interests and identities very narrowly

Question 2

Wendt certainly accepts that the most important actors in world politics are states and that their dominance will continue

Answer 2

Much more restricted definition than the one reflectivists would want to propose

Question 3

Wendt says he wants to bring together Neoliberals and reflectivists

Answer 3

He couldn’t bring together the two groups since they don’t share the same view of how to construct knowledge. Rationalists are positivists and reflectivists are post positivists. They cannot be combined because they have mutually exclusive assumptions

Question 4

Wendt structures(institutions) are really rather specific kinds of structures

Answer 4

Not material enough being composed only of ideas

Question 5

Wendt thinks that identities are created in the process of interaction, but _____

Answer 5

critics point out that we do not come to interactions without some pre-existing identity