Role theory in international relations : approaches and analyses / edited by Sebastian Harnisch, Cornelia Frank and Hanns W. Maull.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harnisch, Sebastian.

Series:

Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; 90.

Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; 90

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Simulation methods.

International relations.

Role playing--Political aspects.

Role playing.

United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--2009-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Role Theory in International Relations provides a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of recent theoretical scholarship on foreign policy roles and extensive empirical analysis of role behaviour of a variety of states in the current era of eroding American hegemony.Taking stock of the evolution of role theory within foreign policy analysis, international relations and social science theory, the authors probe role approaches in combination with IR concepts such as socialization, learning and communicative action. They draw upon comparative case studies of foreign policy r

Contents:

Front Cover; Role Theory in International Relations; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on editors; Notes on contributors; List of abbreviations; Introduction: Sebastian Harnisch, Cornelia Frank, and Hanns W . Maull; Part I: Theories; 1. Role theory: operationalization of key concepts: Sebastian Harnisch; 2. Role theory research in international relations: state of the art and blind spots: Marijke Breuning; 3. "Dialogue and emergence": George Herbert Mead'scontribution to role theory and his reconstruction ofinternational politics: Sebastian Harnisch

4. Habermas meets role theory: communicative action as role playing?: Harald Müller5. Identity and role change in international politics: Dirk Nabers; Part II: Roles and institutions; 6. NATO and the (re)constitution of roles: "self," "we," and "other"?: Trine Flockhart; 7. Reconsidering the European Union's roles in international relations: self-conceptions, expectations, and performance: Rikard Bengtsson and ole Elgström; 8. Comparing Germany's and Poland's ESDPs: roles, path dependencies, learning, and socialization: Cornelia Frank

9. Does membership matter? Convergence of Sweden's and Norway's role conceptions by interaction with the European Union: Rachel FolzPart III: US hegemony; 10. Hegemony reconstructed? America's role conception and its "leadership" within its core alliances: Hanns W . Maull; 11. Terrorized America? 9/11 and its impact on US foreign policy: Raimund Wolf; 12. Discord and collaboration in Franco-Americanrelations: what can role theory tell us?: Ulrich Krotz and James Sperling; 13. Hesitant adaptation: China's new role in global policies: Jörn- Carsten Gottwald and Niall Duggan

14. Conclusion: role theory, role change, and the international social order: Sebastian Harnisch, Cornelia Frank, and Hanns W . MaullReferences; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [262]-305) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-73836-3

1-283-10338-9

9786613103383

1-136-73837-1

0-203-81875-X

9780203818756

OCLC:

720059702