The chief argument in this article is that students of international institutions should direct their attention to the relative merits of two approaches: reflective and interpretive approaches. This item appears on.


The author will explain the two main approaches to reform namely the conservative and the radical approach. In: Hartwich HH. He concludes that both approaches need further research and modification. Add to My Bookmarks Export citation. “To understand international cooperation and discord, it is necessary to develop a knowledge of how international institutions work, and how they change” (380). Starts out with the claim that general theories of IR are not plausible or probably possible. International Institutions: Two Approaches. International institutions can be defined as “behavioural regularities associated with a set of rules, norms and routines” ( llegret and Dulbecco, 2002, p. 174) which can either have a formal or informal character.
The ‘inter-paradigm’ debate had been diluted as the two approaches share a ‘rationalist’ research programme, a conception for science, a similar approach anarchy and willingness to assess the evolution of co-operation and whether institutions matter (Waever, 1996, p.163). While sticking to liberal institutionalism, Keohane discusses two different approaches to institutions.

http://www.jstor.org International Institutions: Two Approaches Author(s): Robert O. Keohane Source: International Studies Quarterly, Vol. Thomas J. Biersteker and Cynthia Weber applied constructivist approaches to understand the evolution of state sovereignty as a central theme in international relations, and works by Rodney Bruce Hall and Daniel Philpott (among others) developed constructivist theories of major transformations in the dynamics of international politics.

Main Argument: Recently rationalist approaches to institutions and international cooperation have been challenged by a ‘reflective’ approach, which stresses the impact of human subjectivity and embeddedness of contemporary international institutions in pre-existing practices. International Institutions: Two Approaches. The idea that these two theoretical approaches made up the great debate has been challenged; Inis L. Claude (1981) suggested that neorealism and neoliberalism were complementary as opposed competitive approaches to international relations (Claude, 1981, cited in Baldwin, 1993, p.24). summary of the text: the 382 International Institutions: Two Approaches These writers emphasize that individuals, local organizations, and even states develop within the context of more encompassing institutions. (eds) Macht und Ohnmacht politischer Institutionen. Summary: International Institutions: Two Approaches / Robert Keohane. “’Cooperation’ is a contested term. 32, No. Type Article Author(s) Robert O. Keohane Date 1988 Volume 32 Issue 4 Page start ... Is part of Journal Title International Studies Quarterly ISSN 00208833 Short title International Studies Quarterly. All cooperation take place in somehow an institutional way. student: arianna lorenzi author and title of the text: robert keohane, international institutions: two approaches, harvard university. (1989) International Institutions: Two Approaches. The second section sketches three general clusters of theorizing and charac-terizes how each views the questions of organ-izational and institutional creation, decisions about membership and … Preview. Add to My Bookmarks Export citation. Advocates of the reflect approach make telling points about rationalistic theory, but have so far failed … “International Institutions: Two Approaches” Robert Keohane Keohane compares the rationalistic and reflective approaches to studying how international institutions work and change. This suggests that no general theory of international politics may be feasible.