Lockean culture of anarchy

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Wendtian culture of anarchy international relations concept social constructivist concept

The Lockean culture of anarchy is Alexander Wendt’s concept of an international system in which states recognize each other’s sovereignty and compete without seeking each other’s destruction, treating rivals as legitimate adversaries rather than enemies.

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instanceOf	Wendtian culture of anarchy ⓘ international relations concept ⓘ social constructivist concept ⓘ
appliesTo	international system ⓘ relations among sovereign states ⓘ
assumes	states are primary actors in the international system ⓘ states have relatively stable identities ⓘ states share expectations about appropriate conduct in war and peace ⓘ
contrastedWith	Hobbesian culture of anarchy ⓘ Kantian culture of anarchy ⓘ
coreFeature	acceptance of the right of other states to exist ⓘ competition without seeking physical destruction of other states ⓘ mutual recognition of sovereignty ⓘ restraint in the use of violence ⓘ states see each other as legitimate adversaries ⓘ states treat each other as rivals rather than enemies ⓘ war is possible but limited in aims ⓘ
describedIn	Alexander Wendt’s article "Anarchy is What States Make of It" NERFINISHED ⓘ Alexander Wendt’s book "Social Theory of International Politics" NERFINISHED ⓘ
differsFrom	Hobbesian culture of anarchy by rejecting the logic of enemies to be destroyed ⓘ Kantian culture of anarchy by lacking a commitment to collective security or friendship ⓘ
focusesOn	how shared ideas shape state expectations about violence ⓘ social construction of rival identities among states ⓘ
goalOfStatesInSystem	relative gains and power competition without elimination of others ⓘ survival within a society of states ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith	European states system after the Peace of Westphalia ⓘ modern state system in much of the 18th to 20th centuries ⓘ
implies	balance-of-power politics can occur without exterminationist goals ⓘ security competition is moderated by shared norms ⓘ states generally refrain from wars of total destruction against each other ⓘ
namedAfter	John Locke NERFINISHED ⓘ
normativeBasis	norms of non-annihilation of other states ⓘ norms of sovereignty ⓘ norms of territorial integrity ⓘ
partOf	Wendt’s typology of cultures of anarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
proposedBy	Alexander Wendt NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Westphalian system of sovereign states ⓘ limited war ⓘ norms of non-intervention ⓘ
theoreticalContext	Wendt’s theory that anarchy is what states make of it ⓘ social constructivism in international relations ⓘ
usedInDebateOn	limits of realist assumptions about anarchy ⓘ nature of anarchy in international relations ⓘ role of norms and identities in shaping state behavior ⓘ

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