Justin Schwartz wrote:
>
> > > From: "Justin Schwartz" <jkschw at hotmail.com>
> > > >
> > > > The dominant neorealist view is that states are states and pursue
> > > their
> >
> >I know what "realism" means in a dozen or so different contexts, but
> >this one is not clear to me.
> >
> >Carrol
>
> In international relations studies "realism" is the view that the main
> determinant of be behavior states in the internatioanl system is
> self-interested state behavior pursuing self-aggrandizement under conditions
> of anarchy (no world government).
>From what you and Ian say (and what I wanted was a brief statement of
this sort) my flippant citation of Plato (in response to Kelley) is
substantially correct: This "realist" view does see states as Platonic
absolutes rather than as complexes of social relations?! They make
history but are not themselves historical (except in a merely
chronological sense).
Carrol
Kenneth Waltz is (or was, when I was in
> grad school) the main proponent of this view. It tends to ignore the
> internal structure of states. It's the default view in the field. Other
> theories include interdependency theory (Keohane and Nye), which emphasizes
> economic and political interrationships--a sort of globalization theory,
> dependency theory, and imperialism theory.
>
> jks
>
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