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Asia – Africa – International Relations Theories – Theory Development – Theory Application – Western IR – Non-Western IR – Japanese Security Policy – China Naval Buildup – China's Trade Policy – Gulf Cooperation Council – American Policy towards Israel – Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – Iraq – Humanitarian Intervention – Sub-Saharan Africa – Peace Operations – Decolonization – Francophone Africa – Constructivism – Realism – Liberalism – Regionalism – FPA – Dependency Theory

This book explores challenges to international conflict resolution efforts in the South Caucasus. It examines the efforts made by the UN, the OSCE, and the EU, and by the states of Russia, Turkey, and the United States. The conflict is analyzed through the theoretical frameworks of neorealism, constructivism, and neoclassical realism.

A new comparative religion and the search for contemplative universals -- Recovering the mystical in the reign of constructivism -- Biological essentialism and the new sciences of religion -- Charting the common itinerary of the contemplative experience -- The concentrative itinerary of the Buddhist Jhonas -- The concentrative itinerary of Yogic Samodhi -- The concentrative itinerary of Catholic Unio Mystica

'Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics' is an annual forum for new work in normative ethical theory. Leading philosophers present original contributions to our understanding of a wide range of moral issues and positions, from analysis of competing approaches to normative ethics (including moral realism, constructivism, and expressivism) to questions of how we should act and live well.

Rather than treating concepts and their application in a static and iconic manner, 'Concepts in Action' provides us with examples of the active and creative use of concepts for constructing and generating new knowledge. Examples of theoretic constructions and topics discussed refers to the function of theory in main stream sociology; concepts enabling us to expand the range of interpretations; a critical view and approach to general concepts of culture, nature and consumption; concepts dealing with organization, institutions and actors; and examples of travelling concepts such as class, gender, race and social recognition. 'Concepts in Action' follows on the earlier 'Theory in Action' (2016) as part of a three volume project broadening our understanding of the interplay of theory and methods. The forthcoming third volume will focus on the strategy of constructing and analyzing the object in social science. This volume is highly relevant for researchers and students interested in theoretical construction in the social sciences.

This book examines Russian approaches to international law from three different yet closely interconnected perspectives: history, theory, and recent state practice. The study uses comparative international law as a starting point and argues that in order to understand post-Soviet Russia's state and scholarly approaches to international law, one should take into account the history of ideas in Russia. To some extent, Russian understandings of international law differ from what is considered the mainstream in the West. One specific feature of this work is that it goes inside the language of international law as it is spoken and discussed in post-Soviet Russia, especially the scholarly literature in the Russian language, and relates this literature to the history of international law as discipline in Russia. Recent state practice such as the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Russia's record in the UN SC, the European Court of Human Rights, investor-state arbitration, and the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union are laid out and discussed in the context of increasingly popular 'civilizational' ideas, i.e. the claim that Russia is a unique civilization and not part of Europe understood as the West. The implications of this claim for the future of international law, its universality and regionalism are discussed. This study concludes the author's five-year work on ERC-funded grant that enabled him to attend international law conferences in Russia and other CIS countries, as well as get access to relevant sources that often cannot be so easily accessed in the West.

chapter 1 Global Population Policy: Past and Present -- chapter 2 Population Control as Global Policy -- chapter 3 The Winds of Change: A New Approach to Global Population Policy -- chapter 4 The Global Women's Health and Rights Movement -- chapter 5 Reproductive Rights as an International Norm -- chapter 6 After Cairo: Consolidation or Backlash? -- chapter 7 Norms, UN Global Conferences, and Constructivism.

The book examines and compares the ways by which these questions are addressed from a number of perspectives: primordialism/constructivism, social identity theory, critical political economy, human needs theory, relative deprivation theory, collective action theory and rational choice theory. The final chapter aims to synthesize structure and agency-based theories by proposing a critical discourse analysis of violent conflict.

Neoclassical realism is a major theoretical approach to the study of foreign policy. In Neoclassical Realist Theory of International Relations, Norrin M. Ripsman, Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, and Steven E. Lobell argue that it can explain and predict a far broader range of political phenomena in international politics. Neoclassical realism challenges other approaches, including structural realism, liberalism, and constructivism.

Well argued and balanced, Leichtova provides an alternative and more constructive understanding of what drives Russian foreign policy. The book is based on the concepts of constructivism and orientalism in international relations to analyse the policies of the Russian Federation, whilst highlighting that Russian foreign policy is complex phenomenon constructed from internal as well as external developments, perceptions and expectations.

Introduction / Hanne Nørreklit, Falconer Mitchell and Morten Raffnsøe-Møller -- Paradigm of pragmatic constructivism -- Actor-reality construction / Lennart Nørreklit -- Epistemology lennart nørreklit -- Decision making and performance management -- Reflective planning and decision-making / Hanne Nørreklit, Falconer Mitchell and Lars Braad Nielsen -- New product development project managers as actors : the view point of management accounting and control / Teemu Laine, Tuomas Korhonen, Petri Suomala and Emmi Tervala -- The validity of financial statement measurement / Falconer Mitchell, Hanne Nørreklit and Lennart Nørreklit -- Orcheastring strategic co-authorship / Gudrun Baldvinsdottir and Christian Heidarson -- Actor-based performance management / Mihaela Trenca and Hanne Nørreklit -- Discovering and understanding performance measurement in a context of ambiguity / Lino Cinquini, Cristina Campanale, Daniela Pianezzi and Andrea Tenucci -- Research approaches and reality constructions -- Languages games of management accounting : constructing illusions or realities / Nikolaj Kure, Hanne Nørreklit and Morten Raffnsøe-Møller -- Actor reality construction, strong structuration theory and organised crime / Lisa Jack -- A comparison of pragmatic constructivism and actor-network theory / Morten Jakobsen -- A pragmatic constructivist perspective on sensemaking in management control / Will Seal and Ruth Mattimoe -- A pragmatic constructivist approach to studying difference and change in management accounting practice

1. Creative problem-solving (CPS) for design and planning -- 2. Object-learning through play : object-learning, constructivism, and self-learning through symbolic play -- 3. The gifts of Friedrich Froebel -- 4. How do designers play? -- 5. Setting the stage : play environment -- 6. Object-learning with play-tools/skills -- 7. Object-learning applications in design and planning -- 8. Integration of digital technologies and crafting processes.

Introduction: Islamist Organizations : Conceptions of Political Order, Resistance, and Power -- Bridging the Gap : Connecting Islamism Research and Critical Constructivism -- The Lebanese Hezbollah : Politics Serve Resistance -- The Palestinian Hamas : Resistance, Governance, and Ambitions for Maintaining Power -- Hezbollah and Hamas : The Interplay of Resistance, Power, and Political Order -- Outlook : Ruling Islamist Organizations and the Connection of Norms, Power, and Conceptions of Political Order

'Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics' is an annual forum for new work in normative ethical theory. Leading philosophers present original contributions to our understanding of a wide range of moral issues and positions, from analysis of competing approaches to normative ethics (including moral realism, constructivism, and expressivism) to questions of how we should act and live well. OSNE will be an essential resource for scholars and students working in moral philosophy.

'Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics' is an annual forum for new work in normative ethical theory. Leading philosophers present original contributions to our understanding of a wide range of moral issues and positions, from analysis of competing approaches to normative ethics (including moral realism, constructivism, and expressivism) to questions of how we should act and live well. OSNE will be an essential resource for scholars and students working in moral philosophy.