Week 4 Flashcards
What is the combination of belief, fact, positive and normative theory?
Ideology
What is an approach?
A method or theory used to analyse a field of study or specific subject/topic
Explain rational choice theory?
- Employs economic concepts to explain politics
- Considers incentive structures
- Actors interests are fixed
- They make a rational choice and maximise utility
Who developed Neo-Gramsci?
Alexander Went
What is the most important aspect of IPE?
How culture and knowledge shape preferences
According to Neo-Gramsci, what do actors in the IPE make choices based on?
Subjective knowledge
What does hegemonic theory achieve?
Hegemony through the development and proliferation of ideas and knowledge which coerce the other states or classes
What is a criticism of RCT?
- Assumes that actors are rational and independently formed
2. Neo-G assume that culture and beliefs can be entirely developed in a purposeful and directed manner
What is Coxian political economy?
Historical structures do not determine or constrain actions in any direct mechanical way but impose pressures and constraints
What are the two types of ideas in Coxian political economy?
- Intersubjective meanings (state systems)
2. Collective images of social order (nature and legitimacy of prevailing power relations
What do institutions do in Coxian political economy?
Stablise and perpetuate particular orders and point of origin of power
What are three spheres of activity?
- Social Forces that result from the organisation of production.
- Forms of State: State / society complexes
- World Orders: Configuration of forces engender war or peace
What does critical theory allow you to do?
Deconstruct GPE that in and change incentive structures and prefrences to give rise to different policy outcomes
