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Chapter 2 Review questions
Chapter 2 Review questions
IR as an Academic Subject
- Three sources of IR thinking are listed in Figure 2.1. Discuss their relative importance. What matters most to your own thinking?
- Realists point to anarchy and the balance of power in explaining the First World War. Liberals point to misperception and egoism by autocratic leaders. Discuss.
- Will a world of liberal democracies be a peaceful world?
- Explain briefly what behaviouralist science is about.
- What divides neoliberals and neorealists? Who wins the debate between them?
- What is the difference between an international society and an international system?
- International Society scholars claim that there are both realist and liberal elements in today's international society. What do they mean by that?
- What is the subject matter of IPE?
- What is behind the label 'post-positivist approaches'
- Think of ways of evaluating a theory: which criteria are the most important?
- Why is it increasingly important that our theories bridge the gap between international and domestic factors?
- What are the theoretical costs of integrating international and domestic factors into a common explanatory framework?