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Intro -- title page -- copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Ch1- The Movement to Ban Nuclear Weapons -- Constructivism: A Theoretical Framework -- The Humanitarian Response: Its Achievements and Strategies -- Why This Book? -- The Structure of This Volume -- Notes -- Ch2- Living on the Edge -- Accidents and Incidents -- Thinking the Unthinkable: Erosion of the Nuclear Taboo -- The Business of Mutually Assured Destruction -- The NPT Reaches a Midlife Crisis -- Notes -- Ch3- The Evolution of the Humanitarian Initiative -- The Humanitarian Conferences in Norway, Mexico, and Austria

Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Puzzles; Introduction; Theoretical Explanations of Friend in IR; Realism; Liberalism; Constructivism; The Concept of the Security Community; Past Studies on Security Communities; Why US-Japan Relations?; Organization of the Book; Notes; 2 Theory and Methodology; Introduction; The Security Community as a Social Construction; Conditions for the Existence of a Security Community; The Community of Practice; Making a Hypothesis on the US-Japan Collective Identity

Deleuze and Derrida; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I Introduction; 1 The Question; 2 Grounding the Question; Part II The Tremendous Power of the Negative; 3 The Two Pillars of Deconstruction; 4 Deleuze and Hegelian Difference; 5 The Tremendous Power of the Negative; Part III Thinking Difference Itself; 6 Traces and Ashes; 7 Deleuze, Plato's Reversal, and Eternal Return; 8 Derrida, Deleuze, and Difference; Part IV Implications and Conclusions; 9 Deconstruction vs. Constructivism; 10 Conclusion(s); Bibliography; Index

Foundational characteristics of qualitative research include flexibility, variation in application, critique, and innovation all of which derive from its subjective roots in interpretivism and constructivism. While the scholars who design qualitative research projects envision these qualities as strengths, such a breadth of practices and the assumptions that undergird them may present challenges during the peer review process. As a result, those who review and consume qualitative research often have important and difficult-to-answer questions about the project's design, strategies/tools, an

This volume considers recent studies that move beyond primordialism and its antithesis, social constructivism, to search for new insights to illuminate the nature of nationalism and its link to war. The authors also explore the role of shared interests, the history of peoples, elites and states, political imperatives, propaganda, and psychological predispositions. This combination provides a brillant, new look at nationalism and war-one that delves deeply into ethnic identity and the willingness of people to fight and die for nation-states.

Modern and professional communication is required to realise the goal of sustainability in society. This book develops a theoretical and empirical framework, integrating interdisciplinary perspectives from communications theory, psychology, sociology, educational sciences, systems theory and constructivism. Its aim is to inform the establishment of sustainability communication. Complementing this theoretical framework, the book provides methods and concepts in a range of fields such as corporate practice, education and media. The book addresses the scientific community and students as well as

In an attempt to decentre the debate of democracy promotion in the Mediterranean, this article applies social constructivism to an analysis of the work undertaken by two International Parliamentary Bodies in the Mediterranean. With a focus on the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, we analyse how effective their role can be without coercion and move on to discuss whether newly formed democratic parliaments, as in Tunisia, may represent a more legitimate and viable source of parliamentary-driven democracy promotion.

In an attempt to decentre the debate of democracy promotion in the Mediterranean, this article applies social constructivism to an analysis of the work undertaken by two International Parliamentary Bodies in the Mediterranean. With a focus on the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, we analyse how effective their role can be without coercion and move on to discuss whether newly formed democratic parliaments, as in Tunisia, may represent a more legitimate and viable source of parliamentary-driven democracy promotion. ; peer-reviewed

L'article est une lecture croisée de la conception benjaminienne de la tradition et des approches constructivistes développées par l'anthropologie sociale. Il s'agit de montrer, à la lumière des travaux de Goody, Hobsbawm et Pouillon, que Benjamin n'est pas un penseur de lamodernité mais, au contraire, qu'il s'efforce de penser la tradition au présent et de façon rétrospective. Par suite, l'article cherche à distinguer le constructivisme de Benjamin de celui de l'anthropologie sociale, en revenant sur l'importance de la transmission.

The introductory chapter outlines the problems arising from separating international politics & foreign policy analysis as subfields of international relations, & introduces students to key terminology, concepts, frameworks, & ranges of inquiry for the constructivist approach. Theoretical assumptions about structure, rationality, & agency are elucidated, followed by examples of constructivism in practice (even when not acknowledged as such by the particular researcher). The contents of the volume include sections on concepts, applications, & theoretical implications of the project. 1 Figure, 13 References. K. Coddon

Ethnomathematics is a relatively new discipline that investigates mathematical knowl edge in small-scale, indigenous cultures. This essay locates ethnomathematics as one of five distinct subfields within a general anthropology of mathematics and describes interactions between cultural and epistemological features that have created these divisions. It reviews the political and pedagogical issues in which ethnomathematics research and practice is immersed and examines the possibilities for both conflict and collaboration with the goals, theories, and methods of social constructivism.

Néo-fonctionnalisme, fédéralisme, transactionnalisme, inter-gouvernementalisme libéral, institutionnalisme, constructivisme, gouvernance multiniveaux, autant de termes qui sont utilisés dans les approches politologiques de l'intégration européenne. Cet ouvrage vise précisément à familiariser le lecteur à ces concepts. L'auteur s'attache à analyser ces approches de la manière la plus didactique possible. Pour chacune d'entre elles, il rappelle le contexte de son élaboration, détaille ses principales propositions et expose ses principaux défauts et apports. Ce livre permet ainsi de mieux comprendre les débats scientifiques sur les forces fondamentales qui poussent à l'intégration européenne, sur l'originalité et la complexité de cet objet politique et sur son relatif succès par rapport aux projets d'intégration dans d'autres régions du monde.

Die Bedeutung dialogischer Kontexte in der Gemeindearbeit wird im Überblick erörtert. Einleitend wird darauf hingewiesen, dass die Rolle der Sprache bei Prozessen der Konstruktion von Realität gegenwärtig erneut im Mittelpunkt der wissenschaftlichen Diskussion steht. Die Beiträge der sozialkonstruktivistischen Epistemologie haben die alte Polemik reaktiviert. Dieses Thema hat auch für diejenigen Implikationen, die täglich in einem Kontext arbeiten, der auf die Veränderung ungünstiger Lebenssituationen ausgerichtet ist, beispielsweise in Psychotherapie, Gemeindeentwicklung, sozialen oder Gesundheitsprojekten. Metaphern können dem Zugang zu Prozessen der Konstruktion und sozialen Koordination von Wissen dienen und für die Erforschung und Veränderung dieses Wissens genutzt werden.

Talking tomorrow's technology, framing political choice? -- An idea – and more than an idea: Climate Engineering in research and decision-making -- deas and objects, meaning and causation – Frame analysis from a modernist social constructivism perspective -- The early discussion of nuclear weapons technology in the 1930s and 1940s – Illustrating the theoretical construct -- The Tools for empirical analysis – The method of qualitative content analysis -- The academic framing of Climate Engineering – A diverse field presenting interesting landmarks.-Climate Engineering as an instance of politicization – A diversity of frames in the academic discussion -- Literature.

It has become commonplace to observe the growing pervasiveness and impact of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). And yet the three central approaches in International Relations (IR) theory, Liberalism, Realism and Constructivism, overlook or ignore the importance of NGOs, both theoretically and politically.Offering a timely reappraisal of NGOs, and a parallel reappraisal of theory in IR-the academic discipline entrusted with revealing and explaining world politics, this book uses practice theory, global governance, and new institutionalism to theorize NGO accountability and analyze the hist