In order to understand Wendt's position, the political theory of Social Constructivism (SC) will be used to give supporting evidence to Wendt's argument. SC questions the materialism of liberalism, realism and marxism. It focuses on the role of ideas in international relations. It attempts to answers why two states who share a politic;a situation reaction in different ways; liberalist principles versus realist principles. Second, it asks why two political approaches that start at the same position develop into different reactions and answers to a problem. Ultimately, SC concludes that there is no …show more content…
He argued that choices can be rational depending on how an actor (state) perceives a threat and its neighbour. The problem with rational choices is that it forces political theories to base their decision on misguided principles. SC argues that international society is a organism that is not objectively fixed, rather it is a product of social construction of reality. For example sovereignty and the security dilemma are reactions of human actions and