Ashim Turgunzhanov from International Relations Department of International Ataturk Alatoo University is talking about the Constructivism in IR .Subject: History and Theory of International Relations Lecturer: Dr. Ibrahim Koncak

3. Constructivism
 Nation-states are not all alike
 Political culture shapes foreign policy
 Form of government shapes foreign policy
 History shapes foreign policy
 Domestic political trends and debates
shape foreign policy

4. Constructivism
 States have identity
 State identity influences the way states
interact with each other
 Examples:
 China sensitivity to any policies of other states
that threaten its unity and sovereignty
 US desire to transform the world

5. Constructivism- two parts
 Sociological Institutionalism (structure)
○ Role of international norms
○ Norms, institutions, organizations
○ Norm creation and enforcement
 Transnationalism (agency)
○ Principled non-state actors

6. Key Questions
 Sociological institutionalism (focus on
structure)
○ how does the social environment of
states shape their identities and
interests?
 Transnationalism (focus on agency)
○ What is the role of non-state actors and
transnational relations in global affairs?

7. Norms, Institutions,Organizations
 Norms: Collectively shared
understandings of appropriate
behavior.
 Institutions: Sets of rules which
stipulate how to cooperate/compete.
 Organizations: Institutions endowed
with autonomy and actor qualities.

8.  Constructivism maintains that
international relations are socially
constructed.
 Combination of sociological
institutionalism (structure) and
transnationalism (agency).
 Norms play a crucial role in constructing
the social environment of states.
 Non-state actors have authority as
carriers of universal principles and
norms.

9. Thank you for attention