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Domestic politics and norm diffusion in international relations : an intellectual journey -- Public opinion, domestic structure, and foreign policy in liberal democracies -- Democratic peace -- warlike democracies? : a social constructivist interpretation of the liberal argument -- Collective identity in a democratic community : the case of NATO -- The socialization of international human rights norms in domestic practices -- Conceptualizing the domestic impact of Europe -- European Institutions and Identity change : what have we learned? -- External actors, state-building, and service provision in areas of limited statehood -- Ideas do not float freely : transnational coalitions, domestic structures, and the end of the cold war -- Let's argue! : persuasion and deliberation in international relations -- From Europeanization to diffusion.

This book collects Thomas Risse's most important articles together in a single volume. Covering a wide range of issues – the end of the Cold War, transatlantic relations, the "democratic peace," human rights, governance in areas of limited statehood, Europeanization, European identity and public spheres, most recently comparative regionalism – it is testament to the breadth and excellence of this highly respected International Relations scholar's work. The collection is organized thematically – domestic politics and international relations, international sources of domestic change, and the diffusion of ideas and institutions – and a brand new introductory essay provides additional coherence. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of International Relations, European Politics, and Comparative Politics.

The Euro crisis has led to an unprecedented Europeanization and politicization of public spheres across the continent. In this volume, leading scholars make two claims. First, they suggest that transnational crossborder communication in Europe has been encouraged through the gradual Europeanization of national as well as issue-specific public spheres. Second, the politicization of European affairs - at the European Union (EU) level and in the domestic politics of member states - is inevitable and here to stay. Europeanized public spheres, whether elite media, mass media, or social media such as the internet, provide the arenas in which the politicization of European and EU issues takes place. European Public Spheres explores the history of these developments, the nature of politicization in the public spheres as well as its likely consequences, and the normative implications for European public life

In this work, a thoughtful observer of the on-going project of European integration evaluates the state of the art about European identity and European public spheres. The author argues that integration has had profound and long-term effects on the citizens of EU countries

Zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts zeigt sich, dass herkömmliche Formen nationalstaatlicher Steuerung globalen Herausforderungen wie Umweltproblemen, humanitären Katastrophen und neuen Sicherheitsbedrohungen nicht gerecht werden. Governance ist auch deshalb in das Zentrum sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung gerückt. Der Diskurs über Governance findet jedoch vor dem Hintergrund der entwickelten Nationalstaaten der OECD-Welt statt. In zwei Dritteln der Staatenwelt sind die Voraussetzungen moderner Staatlichkeit aber nur bedingt gegeben. Nicht nur in zerfallen(d)en Staaten, sondern auch in vielen Entwicklungsländern kann die staatliche Zentralgewalt nur in Teilen des Territoriums oder einzelnen Politikbereichen Entscheidungen durchsetzen. Wenn aber ein zentrales Konzept der Sozialwissenschaft für zwei Drittel der Staatenwelt nicht brauchbar ist, besteht neben einem theoretischen auch ein politisch-praktisches Problem. Im Rahmen einer Theorie des Regierens in historischen und gegenwärtigen Räumen begrenzter Staatlichkeit müssen deshalb die Governance-Konzepte im Hinblick auf ihre Übertragbarkeit auf die Nicht-OECD-Welt geprüft werden. Dieser Sammelband unternimmt einen ersten Schritt in diese Richtung