Jackson Article

I like Jackson's article because it asserts the fact that there is more of a human element to the international system. Most of the other authors we've read have talked about the state or NGOs as the be-all-end-all in the international system. While it's true that they have the most important role, one must also look at leader's and domestic politics. While Jackson makes little reference to that, he mentions legitimization as playing an important role. People have to legitimate what is being done by a country, it doesn't simply happen. The populous must deem that a course of action is acceptable, and thus it it legitimate. The one key example he uses is the Kosovo bombings, and how much publicity those gained. People had to understand what was going on before states could give their responses.
This is why I like the contructivist model the best of what we have learned so far. It doesn't just assume state action, but backs it up with a human component as well. Jackson's article seems to me to do a good job of explaining a theory that seems to be closer to how I view the international system than anything else set forward so far.