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    Constructivism is a theory in international relations that claims aspects of world politics are historically and socially constructed rather than inevitable consequences of human nature. It focuses on how human consciousness and awareness shape affairs and how the distribution of power defines relationships between states. Major early contributors include Nicholas Onuf and Alexander Wendt. Wendt challenged realism by arguing anarchy is what states make of it through social interaction and shared understandings rather than an inherent state of nature. Constructivism operates at an abstract level as a social theory about how social structures and actors shape each other through shared ideas.

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    Constructivism is a theory in international relations that claims aspects of world politics are historically and socially constructed rather than inevitable consequences of human nature. It focuses on how human consciousness and awareness shape affairs and how the distribution of power defines relationships between states. Major early contributors include Nicholas Onuf and Alexander Wendt. Wendt challenged realism by arguing anarchy is what states make of it through social interaction and shared understandings rather than an inherent state of nature. Constructivism operates at an abstract level as a social theory about how social structures and actors shape each other through shared ideas.

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    Constructivism is a theory in international relations that claims aspects of world politics are historically and socially constructed rather than inevitable consequences of human nature. It focuses on how human consciousness and awareness shape affairs and how the distribution of power defines relationships between states. Major early contributors include Nicholas Onuf and Alexander Wendt. Wendt challenged realism by arguing anarchy is what states make of it through social interaction and shared understandings rather than an inherent state of nature. Constructivism operates at an abstract level as a social theory about how social structures and actors shape each other through shared ideas.

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    CONSTRUCTIVIST

    DEFINITION
    THEORY
    DEVELOPMENT
    INTERNATIONAL RELATION
    SOCIAL THEORY
    CONTENT
    DEFINITION
    CONSTRUCTIVISM
    is the claim that significant aspects of
    international relations are historically and
    socially contingent, rather than inevitable
    consequences of human nature or other
    essential characteristics of world politics.


    THEORY
    focus on human awareness or
    consciousness and its place in world
    affairs.
    it focuses on how the
    distribution of material power
    defines balances of power
    between states and explains
    the behavior of states
    the most important aspect of
    international relations is social, not
    material.
    DEVELOPMENT
    Nicholas Onuf
    Alexander Wendt
    1980s and early 1990s,
    constructivism has become one of the
    major schools of thought within
    international relations.
    RECENT DEVELOPMENT
    A significant group of scholars who study
    processes of social construction self-
    consciously eschew the label "Constructivist.

    They argue that "mainstream"
    constructivism has abandoned many of the
    most important insights from linguistic
    turn and social-constructionist theory in the
    pursuit of respectability as a "scientific"
    approach to international relations.
    INTERNATIONAL RELATION
    constructivism as a social theory
    operates at a high level of abstraction: it
    tells something about international
    relations, but it is not concerned with IR
    specifically.
    One of the most well
    known IR
    constructivists is
    Alexander Wendt
    Wendt challenged the neorealist
    position by asserting , anarchy is what
    states make of it.
    What do you think he
    means?
    Anarchy is a social construction. It is not
    inherently dangerous, unstable, or scary;
    instead, it becomes so only when states
    interpret it as such, however, it is not just
    interpretation that matters, but also
    interaction with others that create and
    instantiate one structure of identities and
    interests rather than another; structure has no
    existence or causal power apart from
    process
    SOCIAL THEORY
    What does it mean to say that
    constructivism is a social theory?
    Social theory is more general theory
    about the social world (at large), about
    social action and about the relationship
    between structures and actors

    Constructivism as social theory rests on an
    ideational view

    The core ideational element upon which
    constructivists focus is intersubjective beliefs (and
    ideas, conceptions and assumptions) that are widely
    shared among people. Ideas must be widely shared to
    matter; nonetheless they can be held by different
    groups, such as organizations, policymakers, social
    groups or society).

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