Political Science · International Relations
Which are correct about the Copenhagen School in IR?
- 1. It places particular emphasis on the non-military aspects of security, a shift from traditional security studies
- 2. States and non-state actors are rational actors who try to maximise their interests in interaction
- 3. It gave the concept of regional security complexes, on how security is clustered in geographically shaped regions
- 4. It argued that security is a speech act, by which an actor moves a topic into the area of security, legitimating extraordinary means against a socially constructed threat
A1, 2 and 3
B1, 3 and 4 ✓ Correct
C1, 2 and 4
D1, 2, 3 and 4
Correct answer: (B) 1, 3 and 4 — Items 1, 3 and 4 are correct, so the answer is 1, 3 and 4.
Explanation
★Items 1, 3 and 4 are correct, so the answer is 1, 3 and 4.
★The Copenhagen School emphasises the non-military aspects of security.
★It gave the concept of regional security complexes.
★It argued that security is a speech act, the idea of securitisation.
★Item 2 is wrong, because rational-actor interest maximisation is the rationalist view, not the Copenhagen School.
★The Copenhagen School treats security as socially constructed, not as rational maximisation.
★So only the rational-actor statement does not fit the Copenhagen School.
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