| Compare-Theory-Report All fields 003 | Page Format |
| | Number sort to group items | 01.0m |
| | Class-Defined | Main |
| | Theory-name | Realism [ according to Morgenthau = Classical? |
| | Theory-Purpose | States engage in balancing power which is likely to produce stability. Effect is that Int'l |
| | system can produce stability in certain circumstances. States are Autonomous and in |
| | conflict |
| | Note | 1.Political realism believes that politics, like society in general, is governed by objective |
| | laws that have their roots in human nature. 2.international politics -- concept of |
| | interest defined in terms of power. |
| | 3. Realism assumes that its key concept of interest defined as power is an objective |
| | category which is universally valid, but it does not endow that concept with a meaning |
| | that is fixed once and for all. |
| | 4. Realism maintains that universal moral principles cannot be applied to the actions of |
| | states in their abstract universal formulation, but that they must be filtered through the |
| | concrete circumstances of time and place. |
| | 5. Political realism refuses to identify the moral aspirations of a particular nation with |
| | the moral laws that govern the universe. |
| | 6. "difference" =political realist maintains the autonomy of the political sphere, as the |
| | economist, the lawyer, the moralist maintain theirs. Political realist asks: "How does |
| | this policy affect the power of the nation?" p16 = For only by deceiving himself about |
| | the nature of politics and the role he plays on the political scene is man able to live |
| | contentedly as a political animal with himself and his fellow men. |
| | Morgenthau,Brief Edition 1993 p.4-16 |
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| | Definition-power | Ability to coerce, ability to control others, ) 0 sum quality to power. Power is and end |
| | in itself. BOP = situation of equilibrium as weak as any situation in which power |
| | struggles take place. |
| | Measure-success | Impossible to measure power, can observe capabilities. States [imperialism] seek to |
| | enhance; Maintain [Status-Quo] or Show [Prestige] |
| | Motivation-Actors | Basic assumption that States seek power. Because of human nature is power |
| | seeking - this motivation transferred to states. |
| | Foreign-relations-internat-sys: | Purpose of Foreign Policy is to pursue the national interest |
| | National-Interest | National Interest and power is the same. Purpose of State is to eliminate insecurity? |
| | Interest defined in terms of power.Morgenthau,Brief Edition 1993 p.5 |
| | System-Change-Stability | support status quo or bipolar |
| | Prescriptions | came to view - Give up crusading and defend own boundaries |
| | Reliability |
| | Literature-Defined |
| | Theoretical-Proposition |
| | Units-Analysis |
| | Instruments |
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