1. The Constructivist Approach to International Relations Theory
The implication of this definition for social science is that theory should allow us to make predictions about future behavior of the actors involved based on an understood explanation of how phenomena relate to each other. ... The system is primarily composed of states (as in neorealism) but also includes other non-state actors (as in liberalism). ... What states view as the quality of "state" is determined by the interactions between these actors over the existence of the system. ... Second, how actors will behave is determined by the system in which the actor is located. ...
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