Institutionalism

Question 1

Level of analysis

Answer 1

3rd image international

Question 2

Main thinkers

Answer 2

70s-80s short period after neorealism.
Keohane, Young, Nye

Question 3

Assumption 1 Actors

Answer 3

States are main actors and they are rational

Question 4

Assumption 2 Anarchy

Answer 4

Admit that anarchy exists and that it won’t disappear but believe in cooperation

Question 5

Assumption 3 Inter system

Answer 5

Inter system is characterised by increasing economic interdependence not anarchy

Question 6

Assumption 4 Economic gain

Answer 6

States are interested in economic gain. 70s-90s golden age of globalization. Haas - integration theory looked at EU

Question 7

Assumption 5 Cooperation

Answer 7

States learn cooperation through reciprocity or forced to cooperate for the sake of securing public goods - collective action problems

Question 8

Assumption 6 Inter institutions

Answer 8

States make inter institutions to avoid market failures