Original scientific paper
THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUALS IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Ksenija Jurišić
; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
When analysing the role of the individual in society or even in international relations, there are two polar opinions, and neither can be documented or corroborated with definite and irrefutable evidence. According to the first opinion, the history of mankind is, in fact, the result of the exploits of several prominent individuals, while the other views history as the outcome of social, political, and economic circumstances and processes, which are basically unalterable. The reality and practice of today’s international political relations are, naturally, much more complex than might be gathered from these two contrary approaches. In searching for a consensual attitude towards the role of the individual in international relations, there are still many more unanswered questions than acceptable answers, the reason which makes this topic a subject of vigorous and persisting debates among today’s theoreticians of international political relations.
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32026
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Publication date:
3.6.1999.
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