Collective Identity Formation and the International State
@article{Wendt1994CollectiveIF, title={Collective Identity Formation and the International State}, author={A. Wendt}, journal={American Political Science Review}, year={1994}, volume={88}, pages={384-396} }
The neorealist-neoliberal debate about the possibilities for collective action in international relations has been based on a shared commitment to Mancur Olson's rationalist definition of the problem as one of getting exogenously given egoists to cooperate. Treating this assumption as a de facto hypothesis about world politics, I articulate the rival claim that interaction at the systemic level changes state identities and interests. The causes of state egoism do not justify always treating it… CONTINUE READING
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