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level: Martin Wight & Three Traditions

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level questions: Martin Wight & Three Traditions

Question	Answer
Perception of Int. Society: Realists	States are not engaged in simple struggle, but limited in their conflicts with one another by common rules and institutions
Approach to IR: Realists	Sociological terms
Approach to IR: Rationalists	Teleological terms
Approach to IR: Revolutionists	Ethical and prescriptive terms
For Realists, in any Balance of Power has what?	Those powers satisfied with the status quo and others that are dissatisfied
What are the Three traditions?	Realist, Rationalist, Revolutionist
Who are the three traditions named after?	Hobbes & Machiavelli, Grotius, Kant
Which tradition believes in no International society?	Realist
Description of International Politics for: Realists	International anarchy
Description of International Politics for: Rationalists	International intercourse
Description of International Politics for: Revolutionists	About relations among human beings within the states
Main element stressed: Realists	International Anarchy
Main element stressed: Rationalists	International intercourse
Main element stressed: Revolutionists	Community of mankind
Means to strive for peaceful international change: Realists	Role of brute force
Means to strive for peaceful international change: Rationalists	Priority of order over justice
Means to strive for peaceful international change: Revolutionists	Priority of justice over order
What Revolutionists think international society ought to be	A universal state
What is Hobbesian state of nature analogy?	Everyone anticipating/prepping for war
What does Balance of Power reaffirm for Revolutionists?	The authority of satiated powers