In Sum: Seeing the World through Theoretical Lenses 105Discussion Questions
- Choose a current event in world politics. Describe and explain that event using
the three levels of analy sis. - A realist and a liberal are discussing the role of domestic politics in influenc-
ing international outcomes. Re- create that conversation, highlighting the dif-
fering perspectives. - Constructivists assert that the power of norms and ideas is continuously shap-
ing and reshaping state be hav ior. Select a po liti cal idea— equality, democracy,
or human rights. How has that idea changed over time? How has state be hav-
ior changed, if at all? - What feminist critique of international relations theory do you find the most
convincing? Why?
Key Te r m s
bandwagoning (p. 80)
collective security (p. 84)
constructivism (p. 92)
de pen dency theorists (p. 91)
hypotheses (p. 72)
institutions (p. 83)
levels of analy sis (p. 74)
liberalism (p. 83)
multinational corporations (MNCs)
(p. 91)
national interest (p. 76)
neoliberal institutionalism (p. 85)
neorealism (p. 80)
prisoner’s dilemma (p. 85)
radicalism (p. 89)
rational actors (p. 77)
realism (p. 76)
theory (p. 72)
unitary actor (p. 77)