Treating social constructions as objective facts

It treats basic concepts of international life like sovereignty and balance of power as normal and natural and enduring, when they are not, they are social constructions set within a historical context – not everlasting, unchanging and universal.

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4. Identity, norms, emotion
B. Critique of neo-realism
Treating social constructions as objective facts
Commitment to individualism
Commitment to materialism
Focus on causal, explanatory theory
Pre-given, fixed national interests
State-centrism
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