Political and Strategic Culture Flashcards
(24 cards)
Define the state in international relations
The state is a unitary rational actor that is value maximizing
What are the two core principles of political culture
- A set of values in which the political system operates
2. Some of the fundamental values, sentiments and knowledge that your form and substance to political process
Define political culture
The assumptions ideas and beliefs expressed reflected in symbols rituals and practises, that give meaning to individual, groups, organizations or countries
What are the four basic elements of cultural narratives
- A simple, easily expressed story or explanation for events
- A choice of words in story format that resonate with the target group
- Symbolic imagery that creates an emotional bond (sometimes this bond is unconscious)
- Elements of myth, Cultural undercurrent of identity and appeal to Universal ideas
What is the normative approach to culture
Peter katzenstein distinguishes between
Constitutive norms
And
Regulatory norms
Define constitutive norms
Norms that Express actors identities
Define regulatory norms
Norms that define standards of appropriate behaviour
What happens when you combine constitutive norms and regulatory norms
This establish his expectations about who the actors will be in particular environment and about how these particular actors will or should behave
What is American political culture core set of values
Liberty, equality, individualism, democracy, rule of law under a constitution
Essentially the US Declaration of Independence
What is strategic culture
Grace says the culture is context for individuals institutions and behaviour.
Hence strategic culture intervenes between external stimuli and affects or conditions the states interpretation and responses to that stimuli
The strategic culture conditions or shapes behaviours of states
However culture does not determine behaviour
What is America’s self image
American exceptionalism
Moralism
Liberalism
John F Kennedy‘s American exceptionalism speech
Refers to Winthrow sermon we must always consider that we should be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us
What are Americas images of an interaction with others
Messianism,
Idealism
Paternalism
Pragmatism
Define messianism
There are two approaches
Passive Messianisim
Active messianisim
Define passive messianisim
To be so righteous that others will voluntarily follow and emulate Americans. ( City on the hill approach)
Define active messianisim
Willingness to use coercion, including the possible use of military force, when necessary to accomplish their goals
Define isolationism
George Washington’s farewell address
It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world
John Adams isolationism quote
Follows with the city on the hill approach
Define internationalism for American during the Cold War.
The US was the leader of the free world, it largely created most liberal international order institutions, and this period resulted in increased sense of exceptionalism. The distraction of European democracies and processes of decolonization also allowed Americans to be looked at as leaders
Define liberal internationalism after the Cold War
Foreign policy doctrines that argue that liberal state should intervene in other sovereign states in order to pursue liberal objectives
What is the American way of war or American military culture
Problem solving
A political
Culturally ignorant
Technologically advanced
Define moralism
A philosophy that concerns it’s all within between society with justice freedom and equality
Define idealism
It’s a foreign policy conduct that holds a nation state should make it internal political philosophy the goal of its conduct and rhetoric of international affairs
Define paternalism
In relation to foreign and strategic policy it refers to the interference of a government or state with a person without their consent and defended or motivated by a clan that a person interfered with that be better off or protected from harm
