Neoliberalism

Question 1

Definition

Answer 1

‘Variant of liberal IR theory that focuses on the role international institutions play in obtaining collective outcomes’

(Sterling, Folker 2010)

Question 2

How does the system work?

Answer 2

‘Anarchy, instead of being an unchanging condition, becomes a vacuum that is gradually being filled with human processes, which can mitigate the core drive for power ‘

(Sterling, Folker 2010)

Question 3

What does human processes do?

Answer 3

Break down the barrier between domestic and international creating a system of complex interdependence

Question 4

What does neoliberalism lack ?

Answer 4

Explanatory power, it is epistemologically weak as demonstrate the empirical world as it is

Question 5

When did it emerge?

Answer 5

60’s and 70’s in response to traditional realist assumptions of state centric power

Question 6

What are states motivated by?

Answer 6

Rational self interest in order to obtain mutual gains through economic interdependence