Pengantar Hubungan Internasional Idil Syawf
English School and
Constructivism
English School
Three traditions of English School
Realism
States as power agencies
States pursue their
interests own
Rationalis
States m
bound in internationa
l law and diplomatic
practice IR as a rule-
governed activities
Revolutio
Community nism
humankind of fundamenta is
l
Moral unity
in IR
English School as “Middle Way”
IR is a
“Society” of state
State as the main actors in
IR
Anarchical International
System
There are common interests, rules, and Institutions that created
by states State conduct
statecraft State as a
rational actors
IO’s, NGO’s, and MNC’s are
important human organizations
IO’s, NGO’s, and MNC’s are subordinate to
sovereign states
Neither Pessimistic nor
Optimistic
Critiques of International Society
• States bound by their national interests not by common
institutions and interests
• There is no norms in IR but state interests
Realism
• Ignore domestic society
• Ignore Progress
Liberali sm
• Ignores economics
• Ignores Third World
IPE
Constructivism
Basic Assumptions
IR is Social not Material
Focus on non- material aspects
such as: Ideas, Identities, Belief,
Norms, and Values
State behaviour understanding and constructed by social process
Anarchy is what states make of it War, Peace, and
Cooperation is constructed by human, and can be reconstructed
