The Middle Ground
The Middle Ground I discussed in a previous blog post the problems I had with realist theory: namely its inability to recognise the importance of internal politics on external activities, and the issues of using the state as the referent object. In that I argued for a comprise between post-positivist theory and realism, that altered the referent object. However, whilst going through the readings this week and indeed various YouTube videos, I have found that comprise in Constructivism. This theory, at least non-realist dominated Constructivism, offers a compromise between positivist and post-positivist theory, through acknowledgment that the referent object cannot be singular in nature, and that study of just one, limits general understanding. Constructivists understand that the functions of government or even government itself are social constructs and thus liable to change or removal. Elucidating on this, we can explore how Constructivists and Realists would approach a game o...
