Structural Realism - International Relations (1/7)

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Channel: OpenLearn from The Open University

Views: 293,955

Rating: 4.9360876 out of 5

Keywords: ou_dd313, Architecture, international, behave, anarchic, malign, International Relations (Field Of Study), domestic politics, America, Canada, Mexico, Human Nature Realists, Structural Realists, Realism, China, Economics, Asia, Power, Economic power, Money

Id: RXllDh6rD18

Length: 9min 22sec (562 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 03 2014

Reddit Comments

[u/Kameniev]

They were interesting. Don't know if this is the US–EU divide in the teaching of IR or not, but the list features a whole bunch I'm unfamiliar with as disciplines (Securitisation, Uneven Dev, Networks), and omits some I'd consider the most important (Constructivism, Marxism, Green, English School).

[u/Wizards96]

This is fantastic. We are going over these in my intro to IR class. These videos realy help in understand the theories better.

THANKS OP!

[u/kafkasaninja]

Brilliant, a great teaching aide, thanks! Shame they don't have more critical options, but still excellent stuff.

[u/the1337tum]

For a theory that calls itself 'structural realism', it has very little of it. The foundation of the theory is that states co-exist in anarchy; this is not true.

States co-exist and are interdependent through many different channels:

• Trade
• Legislative frameworks
• Close or loose cooperation to act in various spheres

States are more likely to want stability and prosperity rather than blindly pursuing increased power relative to other states. While power struggles may exist between states, they broadly coexist through mutual respect for sovereignty and don't necessarily need to continually increase in power in order to prosper.