Ideation refers to how new ways of thinking (or new behaviors) are diffused through a community by means of communication and social interaction among individuals and groups. ... Ideational factors are grouped into three categories: cognitive, emotional and social.

What are ideational factors in IR?

In the context of international relations, ideational refers to the 'distribution of ideas and knowledge' and material to the 'distribution of material capabilities' among states, where the disputation is about which set of factors should foreground the study of world politics.

What does ideational mean?

: of, relating to, or produced by ideation broadly : consisting of or referring to ideas or thoughts of objects not immediately present to the senses. Other Words from ideational. ideationally \ -​ē \ adverb.