Legro and Moravcsik - ️️Authors had a problem when George W. Bush
campaigned for the U to return to "new realism" in the 21st century, but the threatening
states were mostly smaller powers like Cuba, Afghanistan, and Libya.
Collective Action Problem - ️️Liberal theory suggest that states...
POLI 105 EXAM 1 VCU
Legro and Moravcsik - ✔️✔️Authors had a problem when George W. Bush
campaigned for the U to return to "new realism" in the 21st century, but the threatening
states were mostly smaller powers like Cuba, Afghanistan, and Libya.
Collective Action Problem - ✔️✔️Liberal theory suggest that states need to cooperate
to solve real problems that cross and that effect all states without any one state being
able to provide the solution on their own
Parsimony - ✔️✔️IR Theories seek to explain as much as possible with a single
variable, making a theory stronger.
Sovereignty - ✔️✔️All states are defined by their political and territorial integrity. This
concept guides the international system.
Theory V. Policy Debate - ✔️✔️Joseph Lepgold notes that there is a solution to which
potential problem in studying international relations
Dependent Variable - ✔️✔️In the simple statistic statement X -> Y, the outcome of the
variable Y
International Anarchy - ✔️✔️The absence of any controlling authority over the nation
Constructivism - ✔️✔️Argues against the possibility of generalized explanations in
world politics
Ideas all the way down - ✔️✔️Discussing constructivism, we noted that the major
critique of this theory
Alexander Hamilton - ✔️✔️Authors' works are not interpreted to be in the liberal
tradition
Ontological - ✔️✔️Kind of fundamental difference between rational and constructivist
theories
Security Dilemma - ✔️✔️An increase of security to one state, which increases the
insecurity of another state. The other state balances the security against the first, which
creates insecurity and they balance back.
Realism - ✔️✔️Power Matters
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