Poli 105 Saladino A+ Grade Questions and Answers 2024

Realism - state seeks material power and economic power Neorealism - -States are rational unitary actors -States seek security not power -Relative Power and zero-sum Liberalism - -Cooperation -Critical theory - realism and liberalism are not logical -absolut gains Neoliberalism - institutions matter Constructivism - based on an ideational ontology, rather than a material ontology. Thus constructivism is posed against both realism and liberalism Alexander Wendt - Anarchy is what states make of it Stephen Walt - Alliances: Balancing and Bandwagoning Collective Security - -Assumes all states will participate (in a given system) -Does NOT distinguish between states Faux Realism - -reduces to unit level variables (not systemic—looks inside states, inds.) -considers variables outside relative material to power Prisoner's Dilemma - A situation in which two (or more) actors cannot agree to cooperate for fear that the other will find its interest best served by reneging on an agreement. Bandwagoning - a strategy in which states join forces with the stronger side in a conflict Balancing - Allying with others against the extreme threat Kenneth Waltz - -Theory of International Politics -Wants least amount of poles of power-bipolar is most stable Polarity - poles of power determine the configuration of any international system Security Dilemma - In an anarchic international system, one with no common central power, when one state seeks to improve its security it creates insecurity in other states. Idealism - A theory of international relations that focuses on the hope the nations will act together to solve international problems and promote peace. E.H. Carr - -20 Years Crisis :(first to call Realism/ define it) -Says realism is the balance of power among a state (Classical realism) Bismarck - -Minister of the Prussian empire -Manipulated power and war until Prussia became Germany in 1871 -Manipulation of power and war became a driving force for the creation of IR and the early ideas of realism Hans Morgenthau - Realist. Believed that humans are motivated by a will to power. Emphasized realistic diplomacy, based on an analysis of balance of power and the need to promote the national interest. Absolute Gains (Liberalism) - -What states seek