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Critically examine the Functionalist approach to the study of International Relations.

  • UPSC 2018
  • 15 marks
  • Approaches to the Study of International Relations

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The functionalist approach, formulated by David Mitrany in A Working Peace System (1943), is the most technocratic strand of liberal thought. Against constitutional and federalist blueprints alike, it held that peace is built from below, through cooperation on practical tasks, until territorial sovereignty quietly loses its hold. Its mechanism is plausible; its predictions fared badly.

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