Social Constructivism

Question 1

Constructivism Theorist (1)

Answer 1

Nicholas Onuf (1989) - The World of Our Making

Question 2

Constructivism Ideas

Answer 2

1. Concerns itself with the centrality of ideas and human consciousness.
2. Stresses a holistic and idealistic view of structures
3. Examines world politics with broad interests in:
   
   • How structures constructs the actors’ IDs & interests
   • How interactions are organized & constrained by that structure
   • How their very interaction serves to either reproduce or transform that structure