IP2020 Essay Questions

1. To what extent can rationalist and reflexivist approaches to IR theory be reconciled?

2. Do the liberal and realist traditions have more commonalities than differences?

3. Do the benefits of rational choice theory and/or game theory outweigh its (their) flaws?

4. To what extent do you agree with a Marxist and/or Marxian view of the relationship between

states and global capital?

5. Does the English School truly represent a middle way between rationalism and reflexivism?

6. How does a post-structuralist conceptualisation of power differ from realist's

conceptualisation of power, and which one do you find more convincing?

7. Why are norms so important to constructivism and do they overestimate their importance?