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International Relations: Understanding Actors and Systems - Prof. Akbulut Gok, Lecture notes of Political Science

An overview of international relations (ir), focusing on intergovernmental organizations, international actors, foreign policy, and the interdisciplinary approach. It discusses various theories, including realism, liberalism, marxism, and social constructivism, and their perspectives on actors and systems. Ir aims to provide a conceptual framework for analyzing the world.

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2020/2021

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- International Relations: refers to relations between nations and states. Includes every
aspect of their relations including political and economic relations.
- intergovernmental organizations: European Union, nato, united nations.
- international actors not formed by states: doctors without borders, peace corps,
terrorist organizations (can be sponsored by states), drug cartels,
- Look at different actors and how they affect international systems
- Foreign Policy: how states make policy, international conflict and negotiation
- Interdisciplinary Approach in IR: draws upon the fields of political science, economics,
law, sociology, game theory, and psychology
- The Purpose of IR Theory: provides a conceptual framework to analyze the world. Any
time we encounter an event, we have a ton of information to process
- Theories: Realism, Liberalism, Marxism, Social Constructivism
- Realist sees terrorists/non-governmental actors are not worth studying
because they do not have as much power as the states
- Liberalism: believe the non-governmental actors should be studied
because they have a good effect
- Marxists: study something else! The class struggle, the most important
actor in states and should be focused on. (economic classes, and the
relation from being the poor states and rich states)
- Social Constructivists: need to look at norms and institutions like human
rights and human law. Societies are important and people are important
but norms are the most important actor.
- Analyzing the world: a constant dialogue of three components
- Empirical Developments: what is actually happening in the world
- Theory: making sense of the complexities
- Value: core values and priorities that are reflected in what we pick to analyze
the world

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  • International Relations: refers to relations between nations and states. Includes every aspect of their relations including political and economic relations. - intergovernmental organizations: European Union, nato, united nations. - international actors not formed by states: doctors without borders, peace corps, terrorist organizations (can be sponsored by states), drug cartels, - Look at different actors and how they affect international systems - Foreign Policy: how states make policy, international conflict and negotiation
  • Interdisciplinary Approach in IR: draws upon the fields of political science, economics, law, sociology, game theory, and psychology
  • The Purpose of IR Theory: provides a conceptual framework to analyze the world. Any time we encounter an event, we have a ton of information to process - Theories: Realism, Liberalism, Marxism, Social Constructivism - Realist sees terrorists/non-governmental actors are not worth studying because they do not have as much power as the states - Liberalism: believe the non-governmental actors should be studied because they have a good effect - Marxists: study something else! The class struggle, the most important actor in states and should be focused on. (economic classes, and the relation from being the poor states and rich states) - Social Constructivists: need to look at norms and institutions like human rights and human law. Societies are important and people are important but norms are the most important actor.
  • Analyzing the world: a constant dialogue of three components
    • Empirical Developments: what is actually happening in the world
    • Theory: making sense of the complexities
    • Value: core values and priorities that are reflected in what we pick to analyze the world