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The Institutionalist Paradigm (Liberal Institutionalism)

The Institutionalist Paradigm (Liberal Institutionalism). The Institutional Foundation of International Politics. Similarities and Differences with the Realist Paradigm. Units: States (rational, unitary) System Structure Anarchy Distribution of Capabilities

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The Institutionalist Paradigm (Liberal Institutionalism)

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  1. The Institutionalist Paradigm(Liberal Institutionalism) The Institutional Foundation of International Politics

  2. Similarities and Differences with the Realist Paradigm • Units: States (rational, unitary) • System Structure • Anarchy • Distribution of Capabilities • But also the Importance of Institutions

  3. What Is an Institution? • Persistent and connected sets of rules (formal or informal) that indicate the appropriate behavior for designated actors and, in some cases, create actors

  4. Why Institutions Matter • Institutions as Instruments of States • Institutions as the Foundation of the International State System • States as the creation of institutions

  5. Why Bring in Institutions:Puzzles for Realism • Too Little War • Persistence of Weak States (Table 13) • Stability of State Boundaries: Africa, 1914, 1930, and 2000 • Too Much War and Conflict • Efforts to Defend Insignificant Pieces of Territory Falklands/Malvinas (1982)Perejil (2002) • Struggles over Representation in International Bodies Taiwan and the UN

  6. Clue: How States Come Into Existence • Effective Control by a Government over Territory and Population • Diplomatic Recognition by Existing States      E.g., Former Yugoslavia (map) • Examples • Peaceful/uncontested: USSR • Violent/contested • Croatia and Kosovo • Abkhazia and South Ossetia

  7. Constitutional Principles of the Interstate System (UN Charter) • Respect for Political Independence and Territorial Integrity (Art. 2(4)) • Sovereign (Juridical) Equality (Art. 2(1)) • Non-Interference in Internal Affairs (Art 2(7))

  8. Basic Rules of Interstate Relations:Rules of Diplomacy • Diplomatic Accreditation and Immunity     EX: Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-81 • Extraterritoriality     EX: Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, 1990 • Confidential Communications EX: Diplomatic pouch

  9. Basic Rules of Interstate Relations • Rules of Agreement Making: PactaSuntServanda • "Every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith.“ • Rules of War (Chapter VII)

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