Comparison
Constituted
actors and new international social
structure
Created
new rules (e.g., sovereignty and international
law) that reduce conflict
War
ended through exhaustion and balanced
power
Peace
of Westphalia
Holistic
– identity of states is constructed by
system, and vice versa
Individualist
–
states plus non-state actors
states plus non-state actors
Individualist
–
state-centric
state-centric
Analytical
approach
Anarchy
is what states make of it
Self-help
but lots of cooperation
Self-help
Anarchy
Social
– ideas, norms, expectations
Capabilities,
plus rules and institutions
Distribution
of capabilities
International
Structure
Ideational
Material,
but rules matter too
Material
Power
Construct
actors and define international structure
Constrain
behavior
Not
significant
Role
of ideas
Constructivist
Liberal
Realist