The Limits of Rationalist Explanations for the Development of International Security Institutions

• Autorzy: Michał Drgas
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

PL

In this article I argue that rationalist explanations which aspire to demonstrate why international security institutions develop, do not qualify as fully satisfactory arguments. Their limits become apparent particularly if one attempts to account on their basis for the diversity of types of institutions such as balance of power, collective security, hegemony, etc.The initial step in my analysis was to address the limitations of the three arguments which I referred to as materialist, functionalist, and evolutionist that individually make up either whole rationalist conceptions on the development of international security institutions or parts of them. Having done so, I also examined the possibilities to combine these arguments to explore whether the effort yields any extra explanatory power.The main reasons for why these explanations and their combinations fail to convincingly account for the diversity of international security institutions are threefold. First, the functionalist, evolutionist, and the functionalist-evolutionist arguments do not attempt to address the issue directly and provide only a general assertion on the factors influencing the formation of institutions instead of tackling the problem with respect to their particular types. Second, the materialist argument advances a logic of state action that justifies the creation of certain types of institutions and, at the same time, rules out the development of others. Third, it proves also incompatible with the other two arguments. The implication of this is that states would have to choose between mutually exclusive logics of action and, thus, behave in a way for which none of the arguments provides any explanation.Full text: http://bazhum.muzhp.pl/czasopismo/589/?idno=14760

Słowa kluczowe

PL

rationalism; international security; international institutions

• Wydawca: Fundacja Copernicus na rzecz Rozwoju Badań Naukowych
• Czasopismo: The Copernicus Journal of Political Studies
• Rocznik: 2013
• Numer: 2 (5)

Daty

wydano

2013

online

2018-10-20

Twórcy

autor

Michał Drgas,

edytor

Grzegorz Kopcewicz

edytor

Natalia Olszanecka

edytor

Daniel Urbański

edytor

Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska

edytor

Agnieszka Bryc

edytor

Bartosz Bojarczyk

edytor

Feride Asli Ergul Jorgensen

edytor

Dorota Niedziołka

edytor

Anna Pacześniak

edytor

Radosław Potorski

edytor

Maria Wincławska

edytor

Agata Włodkowska-Bagan

edytor

Agnieszka Jeran

edytor

Anna Mol

edytor

Alex Solsbery

edytor

Izabela Dąbrowska

edytor

Mirosław Głodkowski

other

Grzegorz Kopcewicz

other

Natalia Olszanecka

other

Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12775/18249