Theories of international relations Flashcards
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Realism
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- Actors: states (IO not considered as actor)
- Dynamics: through the pursuit of power
- Image: billiard game
- Philosophy: Thomas Hobbes
- Ideology: conservatism (rather negative)
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Liberalism / Pluralism
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- Actors: various actors, working together
- Dynamics: complex relations due to dependency
- Image: spider web
- Philosophy: Hugo Grotius
- Ideology: liberalism
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Economic Structuralism
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- Actors: classes (wealthy, poor)
- Dynamics: exploitation
- Image: pyramid
- Philosophy: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx
- Ideology: quite radical