------------------ |Self-actualization ----------- \ |Self-esteem (complete, ideal) ------------- \ |Belongingness ("deserved respect from others" -------- \ p. 46) |Safety (affection, place in group or family -------- \ P. 43) Physiological ("security, stability, dependency, protection, Needs \ freedom from fear, from anxiety and chaos" p. 39) (hunger, thirst, sex, and many others)
Maslow himself referred to his theory as one of "basic needs" and characterized it as a "holistic-dynamic theory" (Maslow, p. 35). Each "step" above is related to the others as follows: once the needs at any step are satisfied, the needs at the next higher step become dominant. And vice versa, when the needs at any one step become unmet, those needs become more important than meeting any of the "higher" needs. However, this hierarchy is not impossible to override; it is, rather, a collection of predispositions which can be overridden with training (cf. pp. 36-38).
My adaptation to international relations is as follows. First the relationships between the basic needs is clarified, broadened and strengthened, thus:
------------- |Fulfilment -------------- \ |Responsibility (anticipated ------------- \ roles, status) |Community (role, status) --------- \ |Security (social identity, position) -------- \ Survival (anticipated likelihood survival) \ (satisfaction of "immediate" physiological needs to maintain life being met)
Second, the relationship isn't conceptualized as hierarchical but rather two-tiered or two-leveled, one the realm of the biological individual and social psychology, the other the structure of the social system adapted to and further developed and modified by individuals in dynamic interaction with each other's expectations and activities:
position anticipated | | | | SOCIAL: role status role status ----------------------------------------------------------------- C o m m u n i t y i d e n t i t y ----------------------------------------------------------------- PERSONAL: survival anticipated likelihood of survival PRESENT (perception) FUTURE (anticipation) (action for (planning, preparation immediate gratification) for future gratification)