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Constitutional identity : the British liberal inputs -- Constitutional identity : the nationalist inputs -- Politico-ideological issues -- Politico-ideological structures -- Challenges to constitution identity : the doctrine of basic structure of the constitution -- Constitutional constructivism and justiciable designs of governance : rearticulating constitutional identity -- Conclusion.

The Social Evolution of International Politics critically engages with all the key grand theories of international politics and provides interesting solutions to some of the 'great debates' between those theories, from realism and neoliberalism, to the English School and constructivism.

critical management studies, theories of knowledge, knowledge society, communities of practice, expert communities, knowledge communities, knowledge exchange, interorganizational knowledge cooperation, generative educational theory (Bildungstheorie), interaction economics, social exchange theory, theories of reciprocity and gift, theory of recognition, real abstraction, critical theory, constructivism, qualitative content analysis.

This book brings a constructivist approach to analyzing public goods by recognizing that preferences are socially constructed from the actors' identities. This synthesis of constructivism and rational choice provides a deeper understanding of the decision to provide goods such as protecting human rights and collective security.

This text uses the body to peel back the layers of time and taken-for-granted-ness upon the two defining political forms of modernity, the state and the subject of rights. It traces, under the lens of the body, how the state and the subject mutually constituted each other all the way down, by going all the way back, to their original crafting in the seventeenth century. It considers multiple sites of theory and practice and two revolutions.

Drawing on Chinese cultural and philosophical traditions, this book offers a ground breaking reinterpretation of world politics from Yaqing Qin, one of China's leading scholars of international relations. Qin has pioneered the study of constructivism in China and developed a variant of this approach, arguing that culture defined in terms of background knowledge nurtures social theory and enables theoretical innovation. Building upon this argument, this book presents the concept of 'relationality', shifting the focus from individual actors to the relations amongst actors. This ontology of relations examines the unfolding processes whereby relations create the identities of actors and provide motivations for their actions. Appealing to scholars of international relations theory, social theory and Chinese political thought, this exciting new concept will be of particular interest to those who are seeking to bridge Eastern and Western approaches for a truly global international relations project

Introduction -- The intersection of constructivism and American exceptionalism -- Supporting the Afghan 'freedom fighters' against the 'perils' of communism, 1979-1989 -- The Bush administration's strategic construction of 9/11 and Afghanistan -- The Obama administration and the renewed significance of Afghanistan -- Obama and Afghanistan : the continuing danger of a 'safe haven'? -- Conclusion

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

Parlez-vous STS ? -- Alliances technologiques -- Amateurs -- Analogie et métaphore en sciences -- Approches d'entrée-sortie -- Appropriation des technologies -- Bibliométrie -- Brevets et développement de la propriété intellectuelle -- Cartographie conceptuelle -- Catégorie -- Champ -- Citation -- Classification -- Clivage technologique -- Communication publique des sciences et des technologies -- Connaissance tacite -- Construction sociale des technologies -- Constructivisme social -- Controverse -- Déterminisme technologique -- Développement et technologie

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.