Theory of International Politics
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...The standard theses of Morgenthau (1985[1948]) and Waltz (1979), for instance, presume actors to value, respectively, power or securityFand predict war (and peace) as a consequence of these assumed preferences and varying balances of power....
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...Drawing on literature from Anthropology, Economics, Political Science and Sociology, an interdisciplinary theory is presented that links the rise of contractual forms of exchange within a society with the proliferation of liberal values, democratic legitimacy, and peace among democratic nations....
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...…seeming pursuit of ‘‘democracy, human rights and the rule of law’’ by the market democracies is not because these states prefer democracy, human rights, and the rule of lawFbut because these pursuits are tactics aimed at achieving some other interest that remains assumed, constant, and…...
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...…structural versions of Realism are compatible with the ontology, as structural Realism is at its core an institutional theory: it is the condition of institutional anarchyFnot human natureFthat is assumed to drive states to be primarily concerned with security and thus power (Waltz, 1979:88–101)....
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...For example, Realists assume that actors seek wealth or security, and thus power (Waltz, 1979; Morgenthau, 1985[1948]); institutionalists assume institutions constrain, and typically hold preferences constant (e.g., Bueno de Mesquita et al., 1999; Russett and Oneal, 2001).5 In Anthropology exists a…...
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