Wendt's violation of the constructivist project: Agency and Why a World State is not Inevitable

Vaughn P. Shannon

doi:10.1177/1354066105057903

Wendt's violation of the constructivist project: Agency and Why a World State is not Inevitable

Vaughn P. Shannon

Wright State University

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Abstract

There is a saying in the US that ‘In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.’ The certitude of death remains something beyond the power of human free will and social construction, but very little else does. But Alexander Wendt would add a third inevitability of life — the coming world state.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	581-587
Number of pages	7
Journal	European Journal of International Relations
Volume	11
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066105057903
State	Published - Dec 1 2005

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Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations

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Political Science
Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Wendt's violation of the constructivist project: Agency and Why a World State is not Inevitable

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