Format:
1 online resource (356 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203022443
Series Statement:
New International Relations Ser.
Content:
In Emanuel Adler's distinctive constructivist approach to international relations theory, international practices evolve in tandem with collective knowledge of the material and social worlds. This book - comprising a fresh selection of his journal publications, a substantial new introduction, three previously unpublished articles - points IR constructivism in a novel direction, characterized as 'communitarian'. Adler's synthesis does not herald the end of the nation-state; nor does it suggest that agency is unimportant in international life. Rather, it argues that what mediates between individual and state agency and social structures are communities of practice, which are the wellspring and repositories of collective meanings and social practices. The concept of communities of practice casts new light on epistemic communities and security communities, helping to explain why certain ideas congeal into human practices and others do not, and which social mechanisms can facilitate the emergence of normatively better communities.
Content:
Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Series editor's preface -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Communities of practice in International Relations -- Introduction -- Communitarian approaches -- Normative communitarian approaches and constructivist-led communitarianism in IR theory -- Normative IR theory -- Constructivism and the analytic move to communitarian IR -- Constructivism and normative communitarian IR compared -- New communitarian IR: communities of practice -- Communities of practice -- munities of practice ... -- Communities of practice and collective learning in a social context -- The main characteristics of communities of practice -- The epistemic and normative nature of communities of practice -- Identity -- Boundaries -- Structure -- Agency -- Power, governance, and authority -- Interest -- Conclusion -- Part II Cognitive evolution -- 2 From being to becoming -- Introduction -- International Relations theory and 'the international system' -- The evolution of the study of systems in International Relations -- 'Being': equilibrium -- National security -- International systems theory (macro) -- Foreign policy (micro) -- International organization -- International political economy -- World systems and world futures -- 'Becoming': a system in flux -- The hierarchy of interactions -- Ilya Prigogine's theory of non-equilibrium and 'order through fluctuations' -- Dissipative structures -- Order through fluctuations -- Non-equilibrium and 'order through fluctuations' as applied to International Relations theory -- Illustrations -- System transformation -- Nuclear proliferation and the nuclear balance of power -- The international monetary regime and its transformation -- International economic development and equality: interdependence or self-reliance?.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415335904
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415335904
Additional Edition:
Print version Communitarian International Relations : The Epistemic Foundations of International Relations
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Internationale Politik
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Kommunitarismus
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=214749
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