Discussion post/Coursework

Discussion post/Coursework Order Description Answer these two questions: both questions separately peasel. Don't combin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ine them to make an essay. I am simply askin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing to answer the questions usin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing valid source. In which case I prefer you use, Baylis, John, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens. (2014) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations. 6th Ed. New York, N.Y: Oxford University Press, 2014. Question 1: Let's look more deeply at Constructivist Theory (CT). CT has been eagerly advanced by those who fin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ind deficiencies in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in Realism, Liberalism and the “Neo-Neos. However, when stripped to its core, it is not a theory – rather it is a series of approaches, an ontology based on assumptions about global politics, human agency, norms, identity and social in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">interactions. In contrast to realists and neoliberals, who usually tend to take state in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">interests as a given or focus on variables of power such as military assets or high GDP counts, CT is in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">interested in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in explorin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing how state actors defin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ine their various national in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">interests, threats to those in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">interests and how they relate to one another. It challenges rationalism by creatin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing constructivist alternatives to other traditional IR theories . The size of your armed forces and tradin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing prowess is not the key variable to study – they are objective facts: CT looks for their social meanin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ings Meanin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ings flow from complex and changin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing mixes of ideas, norms, perceptions, identities, belief systems, which one must study in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in order to understand how IR state behavior really works. Question 2: Which IR theories provide the best explanation for Brexit and the EU crisis? What might they predict for the future of the UK, the EU and the global system?