Communitarian International Relations

The Epistemic Foundations of International Relations
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-33591-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 533 g

Reihe: New International Relations

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This book - comprising a fresh selection of his journal publications, a substantial new introduction, three previously unpublished articles - points IR constructivism in a novel direction, characterized as 'communitarian'.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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adler, Emanuel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I Introduction 1 Communities of practice in International Relations PART II Cognitive evolution 2 From being to becoming: cognitive evolution and a theory of non-equilibrium in International Relations 3 Cognitive evolution: a dynamic approach for the study of International Relations and their progress 4 Seizing the middle ground: constructivism in world politics PART III Epistemic communities 5 Ideological ‘guerrillas’ and the quest for technological autonomy: Brazil’s domestic computer industry 6 The emergence of cooperation: national epistemic communities and the international evolution of the idea of nuclear arms control PART IV Security communities 7 Imagined (security) communities: cognitive regions in International Relations 8 Condition(s) of peace PART V Identity and peace in the Middle East 9 A Mediterranean canon and an Israeli prelude to long-term Peace 10 Changing identities: the road to peace

Über Autor(innen)

Emanuel Adler is Professor and Chair of Israeli Studies, University of Toronto and Associate Professor at the Hebrew University Israel. He has served as a research fellow at U.C. Berkeley and Harvard University, and has taught at U.C. Berkeley, U.C. Davis, and the University of Wisconsin. His area of expertise is the theory of International Relations and the relationship between knowledge and international change. In this context he has explored the development of epistemic communities and learning, the development of security communities, and the constructivist approach to the study of international relations.