or tends to be a product of the international regime of which it is a part (Rogowski, 1987, pp. 1121 1137). The second image hypothesis holds contrarily that the international relations policy of an actor tends to be a product of domestic political structures and pressures (Katzenstein, 1978, pp. 295 336). The systemic hypothesis, thus, posits that the sources of an actor's motivations for international actions are external in character, while the second image hypothesis holds that such sources are internal in character.
Structure means the form of the interrelationships of the actors in a given situation (Gilpin, 1990, p. 85). Political structure is defined by the ordering principle, the specification of functions among units, and the distribution of capabilities (Waltz, 1979, pp. 38 59). The significance of structure is that actors differently juxtaposed and combined behave differently in interacting and produce different outcomes (p. 81).
Globalists contend that new types of transnational actors more responsive to modern science, technology, and economics have broken the monopoly of the state in the management and governance of the international system (Gilpin, 1990, p. 223). Global problems and resource constraints, it is contended have created pressing issues the solution of which are beyond the means of self serving nation states (p. 223). Modern science, advances in knowledge, and social technologies permit a more rational ap
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