The English School - Buzan text
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Which 2 different models for society coming into being are distinguished by Buzan?
- The civilizational model: Gemeinschaft;
- The functional model: Gesellschaft.
What does the civilizational or Gemeinschaft model, as discussed by Buzan entail? And who supported it?
What does the functional or Gesellschaft model, as discussed by Buzan, entail? And who supported it?
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Which 3 goals as basic to any society does Bull propose?
- Some limits on the use of force;
- Some provision for the sanctity of contracts;
- Some arrangements for the assignment of property rights.
To what weakness of the Gesellschaft argument does Bull admit?
What are the 2 possibilities how a Gesellschaft society can obtain a common identity in an anarchistic system, as proposed by Bull?
- Anarchy generates like units: by constant interaction, units are made more similar and they accept each other as members of the system, and, therefore, as the same type of entity as themselves.
- Anarchy generates unlike units: the units accept the differences between one another and set up rules to legitimize the differentiation of units and establish the distribution of rights and responsibilities among functionally differentiated actors.
How do international and world society differ according to Buzan?
World society takes the global population as a whole as the focus of global societal identities and arrangements.
How do international society and world society oppose, according to Buzan? And what argument counters this statement?
How do international society and world society complement each other, according to Buzan?
To what conclusion does Buzan come regarding the relationship between the anarchic international system and the international society?
What forms the boundary between an international system and an international society?
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