Collective identity, collective interest, and collective action. Pdf collective identity formation and the international. Third, the simulation reveals that the presence of leaders i. The concept of state identity in international relations citeseerx. Thus, in the end, this interaction evolved into cooperation, and cooperation evolved into a community. Keywords collective identity, constructivism, hegel, ingroup, recognition, social identity theory, wendt, world state. In his social theory of international politics, wendt 1999 conceptualizes.
Katzenstein, emanuel adler, michael barnett, kathryn sikkink, john ruggie, martha finnemore, and others have, within a. Identity formation and the development of national interest. One reason for this concerns the second difference in my approach, which concerns the role of technology. Wendt s article broke free from decades of realism as the monopoly in. Rituals are the socially essential collective activities within a culture. Wendt and academics such as nicholas onuf, peter j. You can filter on reading intentions from the list, as well as view them within your profile read the guide. Media and the development of identity 3 opportunities to explore common adolescent concerns with peers, issues suchassexualityordealingwithparents. Anarchy and by extension power politics are not materialistic in nature but what states make of them. The constructivist challenge to structural realism. This means that we can speak of collective identity whenever a certain social identity is of overriding importance for the members of a collective, i. Analyzing dissolution factors for asian and pacific council.
The author and two female graduate students gained entry based on contacts with local grassroots activists and their networks. Pdf alexander wendt on constructivism and the collective. Hence, the concept of human security is more meaningful when viewed through the theoretical lens of constructivism wendt, 1992. Alexander wendt ohio state university december 2004. Collective identities in world society some theoretical and. Alexander wendt on constructivism and the collective.
Collective identity formation and the international state, alexander wendt. The problem of uncertainty complicates wendt s efforts to show that anar chy has no particular logic, but only three different ideational instantiations in. Wendt himself, drawing his theoretical approach from other. Ringmar found wendt s application of social constructivism to ir theory but not to the philosophy of science puzzling. Pdf collective identity formation and the international state. This article analyzes issues relating to the relationship between human security.
United states different north korea policies, kim daejungs sunshine policy, and united statessouth koreanorth korea relations. Centuries of geographical separation were concurrent with the development of diverse. Alexander wendt, anarchy is what states make of it. Irtheoryconstructivismcollective identity formation. Collective identities in world society some theoretical. The constructivist challenge to structural realism 189 certainty, levels and trends in relative power will thus act as a key constraint on state behavior. Collective identity builds on them as both require shared characteristics, but not all type identities are collective because not all involve the identification process especially over the past decade, the discipline of ir has experienced what yosef lapid and friedrich kratochwil 1996 called the return of culture and identity. Alexander wendt is well known for his writings on constructivist political theory, in which collective identity play a prominent role as identity is a major determining factor in the role of states in the international order. The social construction of power politics created date.
Collective identity formation and the international state american. A collective identity however reinforces and increases the depth of trust and the more tightly connected security communities are, the shorter is the collective cognitive distance between its members. Collective identity formation and the international state alexander wendt yale university t he neorealistneoliberal debate about the possibilities for collective action in international relations has been based on a shared commitment to mancur olsons rationalist definition of the problem as one of getting exogenously given egoists to cooperate. His approach focuses on group and individual identity, at the domestic and international level. Under anarchy processes of identity formation is concerned with security of the self. Concerning alexander wendts constructivism, identity and.
Also for a critical explanation of neoliberals emphasis on domestic politics in theorizing state interests, see alexander wendt, social theory of international politics cambridge. Concepts of security differ in the extent to which. Collective identity formation on the korean peninsula. Under this debate, however, both of them shared mancur olsons definition of collective problem, which regard selfinterested. Collective identity formation and the international state authors. The emergence of a shared identity university at albany. Collective identity formation and the international state. Hidemi suganami this volume sees collective identity formation as an idea particularly worth following up. Collective identity and structural change 336 master variables 343 interdependence 344 common fate. Without a credible mechanism for collective identity formation, recognition theory fails to predict fundamental change in the international system. Setting a reading intention helps you organise your reading. Wendt argues that this is exactly what happens in kantian culture, when states develop collective identity as friends and. Recognition and collective identity formation in international. The social construction of power politics, international organization 46, no.
Collective identity formation and the international state volume 88 issue 2 alexander wendt. These methods will allow researchers to use identity in a more rigorous and replicable way as an independent and dependent variable in a wide variety of research projects. Without a credible mechanism for collective identity formation, recognition. Wendt 1994 collective identity formation and the intersexual state. Identity formation, also known as individuation, is the development of the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity known as personal continuity in a particular stage of life in which individual characteristics are possessed and by which a person is recognized or known such as the establishment of a reputation. But in light of ir scholars strong interest these days in nonstate actors, domestic politics, and globalization, social theorys concern with states and the states system looks admittedly a.
Alexander wendt the debate between realists and liberals has reemerged as an axis of contention in international relations theory. Finally, the interaction of complexity, stability, and leadership produces extremely polarized societies. In his research on collective identity formation, constructivist scholar alexander wendt argued that identities define interests and actions. Social theory of international politics guillaume nicaise.
Wendt avers that, social constructions are as a result of norms and identities created by the actors in the international arena. Social theory of international politics may not be an investigation into identity formation wendt, 1999. Chapter 3 case study part 1 collective identity formation 112001032006 2. In this and later articles, wendt argues that identity formation under anarchy is concerned primarily with the preservation or security of the self. Identity theorizing in international relations theories springerlink. Collective identity formation and the international state alexander wendt yale university e neorealistneoliberal debate about the possibilities for collective action in international relations has been based on a shared commitment to mancur olsons rationalist definition of x the problem as one of getting exogenously given egoists to cooperate. Wendt, alexander 1999 social theory of international politics. Wendt, alexander collective identity formation and the. Wendt dedicates an entire chapter to working out the details of how this may occur. Alexander wendt born 12 june 1958 is an american political scientist who is one of the core social constructivist researchers in the field of international relations, and a key contributor to quantum social science. The description of the events leading to, during, and after the popular uprising. The social construction of power politics io 46 1992. Collective identity formation and collective action. Alexander wendt s 1992 article on anarchy is what states make of it placed the question of collective identity into the mainstream of international relations theory.
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