Week 7 - Lecture 12 - International Relations Theories Flashcards
Theories of conflict and diplomacy
How do states interact within the global arena?
Theories of governance
How do states develop security policies i.e. respond to and define internal and external threats?
Anarchy
Absence of a central authority or governing body
Principle of self-help
States prioritize their own security and survival in an anarchic international system
Hegemonic stability theory
Indicates that the international system is more likely to remain stable when a single state is the dominant world power, or hegemon.
Power of Morality (Morganthau, 1948)
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Unitary actors
A state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority, that tries to maximize national interest.
Inside-out approach
Foreign policies reflect domestic political preferences
Interdependence
Being dependent on one another
Absolute gains
Multiple actors can benefit
Relative gains
One actor gains something and the other actor loses something
Doux commerce
commerce tends to civilize people, making them less likely to resort to violent or irrational behaviours
Marixsm
- Corse versus periphery
- Critique of global capitalism
Securitization
A securitizing actor convinces an audience of the existence of an extitential threat to a particular referent object. This is achieved through speech acts.
Feminism
-‘Gendered’ reading of International Relations
- Challenge to reflect on historical dominance by men and the exclusion of womens’ persepctives and expierences
