Introduction - Themes

Question 1

Theory

Answer 1

Logically consistent set of statements that attempt to explain a certain phenomenon

Question 2

interests

Answer 2

what actors hope to achieve

Question 3

interactions

Answer 3

how the decisions of two or more actors combine

Question 4

institutions

Answer 4

known and shared rules that structure political interactions

Question 5

bargaining

Answer 5

two or more actors must choose outcomes that benefits one at the cost of another

Question 6

cooperation

Answer 6

two or more actors make at least one better off without significantly harming the other

Question 7

3 levels of analysis

Answer 7

indiividual, national, international

Question 8

realism

Answer 8

state dominant, international institution is anarchic

Question 9

liberalism

Answer 9

optimistic, united by common goal aided by democracy

Question 10

constructivism

Answer 10

interests and institutions shaped by culture, identity and ideas

Question 11

anarchy

Answer 11

absence of a central authority to make and enforce laws

Question 12

Actors

Answer 12

individuals, states, NGOs, etc

Question 13

Explanation

Answer 13

trying to make sense of an event by simplifying reality

Question 14

Parsimonious

Answer 14

simplicity+explanatory power

Question 15

paradigm

Answer 15

assumptions that a theory makes