englischConstructivist norm research is a lively and growing research programme in the field of international relations. Unsurprisingly, its increasing differentiation over the last three decades has raised questions about the ability to communicate across different academic camps.

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englischNeither the established theories of international relations nor common foreign policy theories can satisfactorily explain why states participate in foreign military operations and what determines the concrete extent of their support. In this study, the author remedies this failing by drawing [...]

englischThis study researches the international activities of German political foundations and their position within international relations theory. It juxtaposes the rationalist and constructivist approaches to the state and non-state relationship and the possible impact of transnational actors. [...]

englischWhile governments increasingly outsource activities to private actors, it remains an open question whether state actors can shift responsibility by means of outsourcing. Who is made responsible for outsourced action in the public sphere? Do governments avoid responsibility if they delegate [...]

englischAre states allowed to violate international law when compliance would lead to human rights violations? In the national context, civil disobedience had a crucial role for the fight against unjust law and the establishment of human rights. Citizens violating unjust laws have achieved many [...]

englischHow can developing states be won over for a norm of humanitarian intervention that compromises state sovereignty? Drawing on the pragmatist social theory of George H. Mead, this study develops a novel concept of normative change: It is not the adoption of, and sozialization into, (Western) [...]

Welche Strategien werden in internationalen Verhandlungen von Staaten verwendet und welche Strategien verhelfen tatsächlich zu Verhandlungserfolg? Anknüpfend an die so genannte „arguing-versus-bargaining“ - Debatte im Forschungsfeld der Internationalen Beziehungen wird in diesem Buch mittels einer [...]

Gibt es eine Einflussnahme der EU auf die US-Politik? Mit dieser Fragestellung rückt die Autorin die transatlantischen Beziehungen in eine grundlegend neue Perspektive. Für die beiden Amtszeiten von George W. Bush zeichnet sie anhand einer präzisen Analyse nach, auf welchen Wegen Einflussnahme der [...]

englischItaly and Germany’s relations are intense and manifold, but undergo a structural estrangement since the end of the cold war. This book provides with a sound analysis of those changes. It compares Italo-German relations after German unification with the period before, and shows how solidarity [...]

Der UN Sicherheitsrat – ein globaler Diktator! Zu diesem erstaunlichen Ergebnis gelangt die Untersuchung der Anti-Terror-Politik des mächtigsten UN-Gremiums. Ausgehend von Ulrich Becks risikosoziologischen Annahmen zum ‚kosmopolitischen Ausnahmezustand‘ wird in diesem Buch die These entwickelt, dass [...]