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"Are social practices actions, or institutional frameworks of interaction structured by common rules? How do social practices such as signing a cheque differ from international practices such as signing a peace treaty? Traversing the fields of International Relations (IR) and philosophy, this book defends an institutionalist conception of practices as part of a general practice theory indebted to Oakeshott, Wittgenstein and Hegel. The proposed practice theory has two core aspects: practice internalism and normative descriptivism. In developing a philosophical analysis of social practices that has a special relevance for international relations, Silviya Lechner and Mervyn Frost depart from Pierre Bourdieu's sociology of practice that dominates the current 'practice turn' in IR. The authors show that the contemporary global realm is constituted by two distinct macro practices- the practice of sovereign states and that of global rights"--

"A state of the discipline approach to teaching and learning in Politics and IR including contributions which discuss the most cutting-edge approaches, techniques, and methodologies for tutors. This book discusses the themes and challenges in teaching and learning whilst also exploring these in the specific context of political science and IR"--

Handbuch über die Hauptströmungen der Forschung und Lehre im Fachgebiet Politische Wissenschaft in 27 Ländern, in denen das Fach als wissenschaftliche Disziplin etabliert ist. Die Länderberichte geben einen Überblick über die Entwicklung des Fachgebiets seit 1945, den gegenwärtigen Stand der Lehre und Forschung, die Aktivitäten der wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften, die Zukunftsaussichten und die Beziehung zwischen Politischer Wissenschaft und Politik. Jedes Kapitel schließt mit einer Auswahlbibliographie. (SWP-Hck)