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The book distils and articulates international law as a social construct. It does so by analysing its social foundations, essence, and roots in practical and socially workable (as opposed to 'pure') reason. In addition to well-known doctrines of jurisprudence and international law, it draws upon psycho-analytic insights into the origins and nature of law, as well as philosophical social constructivism. The work suggests that seeing law as a social construct is crucial to ourunderstanding of international law and to the struggle to create better working rules. The book re-conceptualizes both pa

This book offers a concise and detailed analysis of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign aid as a main instrument in its foreign policy. Exploring the cultural factors that have impacted on the foreign policy behaviour of the UAE and its foreign aid, the author argues that Arabism and Islamic traditions have shaped the country's foreign policy in general and foreign aid in particular. Examining in depth the motives and purposes of this large aid program through the lens of International Relations theories (mainly Constructivism and Rationalism), the book details the UAE's foreign policy and a.

"This book gives substance to the view that we need to break with the habit of defining power exclusively in terms of military capabilities of states. Featuring contributions from distinguished and upcoming scholars it explores facets of power in international politics through a variety of conceptual lenses. Drawing on insights from social theory and placing a particular focus on the phenomenon of power, fifteen chapters assess the meaning of power from the perspectives of realism, constructivism, or development studies, with discussions ranging from conceptual analysis to practical application." From the bookjacket

Ethnicity and Nationalism in Africa features a series of 'constructivist' contributions by leading scholars in the field of ethnicity and nationalism, and explores the differences among those who have come to be known as 'constructivists'. The contributors reflect upon ongoing methodological debates in ethnography, historiography, and political theory. They demonstrate the diversity of concepts and methods within constructivism, and assess the political implications of the concepts themselves. The debate between them is inter-disciplinary, critical and innovative, and should be of value to anyone interested in the study of ethnicity and nationalism

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- Acronyms -- Table of case law -- Table of Legislation -- Table of Treaties and International Instruments -- 1 Introduction -- 1 International Law and Political Science -- 2 International Law in Explanatory Schemes for Social Action -- Notes -- 2 The State of the Art -- 1 The Storyline of International Law and Politics -- 1.1 The Emergence of Positivism -- 1.2 The Enduring Legacy of Realism -- 1.3 The Behavioural Revolution -- 1.4 The English School -- 1.5 The New Haven School -- 1.6 How Nations Behave -- 1.7 Critical Legal Studies -- 1.8 Regime Theory -- 1.9 Institutionalism -- 1.10 Constructivism -- 1.11 The Power of Legitimacy -- 1.12 The Ethics of Human Rights -- 1.13 International Legal Process -- 1.14 Enforcement Theory -- 1.15 Transnational Legal Process -- 1.16 Liberal Theory -- 1.17 Feminist International Law and International Relations Theory -- 1.18 Transcivilisational Perspectives on International Law -- 2 How is International Law Relevant? -- 2.1 The Realist View -- 2.2 Institutionalism and The Economic Analysis of Law -- 2.3 Fairness and Legitimacy in the International System -- 2.4 Constructivism in International Law -- 3 Why and How Norms and Interest Matter -- Notes -- 3 The Role of Law in International Relations -- 1 Methodology -- 1.1 Communicative Action and Rationality -- 1.2 Experimental, Quantitative, and Qualitative-Empirical Approaches in Social Science -- 2 Different Conceptions of Law in the International System -- 2.1 International Law as Restraint -- 2.2 International Law as Framework for Communicative Action -- 2.2.1 International Law as Instrument for Justification -- 2.2.2 Intersubjective Understandings in International Law -- 2.2.3 International Law and Communicative Action -- 3 Anarchy and Power Asymmetry in International Law.

Intro -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Tables -- Part I Engels and Class -- 1 Engels's Condition of the Working Class in England in the Context of Its Time (1845-1892) -- Bibliography -- 2 The Theory of Class Struggle in the Peasant War in Germany -- Engels and "Marxism" -- Class Struggle and Religion -- Modern State and Taking Power -- The Economic Form of Determination and Class -- Bibliography -- Part II Engels and Philosophy -- 3 Engels, Thinking and Being -- Engels and Parmenides -- Parmenides on Cognition -- Interpreting Parmenides' Claim for the Identity of Thinking and Being -- Post-parmenidean Platonism -- Kant, Cognitive Skepticism and Constructivism -- Kantian Representationalism and Constructivism -- Kant, Plato and Natorp -- Marxism as a Post-parmenidean View of Knowledge -- A Note on Engels, Idealism and Materialism -- Engels and the Reflection Theory of Knowledge -- Lenin and Engels's Reflection Theory of Knowledge -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4 Engels's Conception of Dialectics in the Plan 1878 of Dialectics of Nature -- Engels's Uneasy Alliance with Hegel -- The Shock of Dialectical Metaphysics -- General and Particular Dialectics in the Plan 1878 -- Planetary Motion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part III Engels and Crisis -- 5 Engels's Theory of Economic Crisis -- Before Marx -- Alongside Marx -- After Marx -- The End of the Industrial Cycle? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 6 Metabolism, Crisis, and Elasticity -- The Birth of Western Marxism and Lukács's Critique of Engels -- Engels and the Late Lukács -- Lukács and Economic Crisis -- Elasticity of Capital and the Collapse of Capitalism -- Traditional View of Orthodox Marxism and Productive Forces of Capital -- Bibliography -- 7 Engels's Concept of Alternatives to Capitalism.

Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- 1 Whose story is it anyway? Studying European integration with a gender lens -- Some remarks on mainstream history -- European integration as 'her- story' - some missing bits and pieces -- Structure and idea of this Handbook -- Note -- References -- Part I Gendering the EU -- 2 The EU as a gender equality regime: A core research concept -- A short overview of gender equality in the EU -- Origins of the "gender regime" approach -- Conceptualizing the EU as a gender equality regime -- The EU gender equality regime since the Great Recession -- Achievements, gaps and future directions -- Conclusion: dismantling, disintegration or defiance -- References -- 3 Europeanization -- "When Europe hits home" -- Europeanization through a gender lens: "going soft" vs. meaning contestation -- De-Europeanization? Gendering Europe in troubled times -- Europeanization "beyond Europe", as conflict or "De-Europeanization" -- Reflecting new trends in the Gender and EU scholarship -- Towards a common research agenda: gender, the new cleavage of Europe? -- References -- 4 Social constructivism -- Mainstream approaches to social constructivism in European Integration theory -- Gendering European Integration theory from social constructivist approaches -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- 5 Feminist institutionalism -- From new institutionalism to feminist institutionalism -- Feminist institutionalism as a response to new institutionalism -- Central concepts -- Feminist institutionalism in EU studies -- Seeing gender when others are blind -- Agents of change and resistance -- Formal and informal rules and values -- Conceptual openness -- Moving forward -- Where does this take us? -- References.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 An introduction to writing Southeast Asian security -- The questions that drive this book -- Notes -- References -- 2 The politics and ethics of critical approaches to security -- Critical security studies and the question of ontology -- The scope and meaning of "security" in (South) East Asia -- Realism and the "hub and spokes" model -- Constructivism and the "comprehensive security community" model -- Conclusion - beyond constructivism in (South) East Asian security -- Notes -- References -- 3 In search of monsters: US foreign policy in East and Southeast Asia -- What is foreign policy and how can we know it? -- Foreign policy as the stories we tell -- Risk, pre-emption, and constructions of threat -- Critically assessing US foreign policy in East and Southeast Asia -- From the Cold War to the War on Terror -- The Bush Doctrine in East and Southeast Asia -- Conclusion: the War on Terror as a hegemonic security narrative -- Notes -- References -- 4 Here be monsters! "Experts" and the mapping of terror -- Expertise and the construction of threat -- The problem with terrorism experts -- Expert claim one: political Islam as imminent threat -- Expert claim two: regional Islamism with global linkages -- Expert claim three: terrorism as pathology -- Conclusion - the making of monsters -- Notes -- References -- 5 Irruptions of the War on Terror in Southeast Asia: gender, sovereignty, and constructions of insecurity -- Gendered insecurities -- US-Philippines military relations -- Sexual violence and privileged exemption -- Architectures of sovereignty -- Shifting domestic security narratives -- Mobilizing War on Terror discourses -- Conclusion - "national resilience" as security -- Notes -- References

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- The Scholarly Contribution -- The Origins of the Concept of Peacebuilding in the United Nations -- Connecting the Liberal Peace and the Peacebuilding Architecture -- On the Influence of Ideational Aspects on World Politics -- Book Outline -- References -- Chapter 2 On the Influence of Ideational Aspects in World Politics -- Introduction -- The Origins of Constructivism in IR -- 'Social Construction of' in Social Sciences and IR -- An IR Theory Inspired by Constructivism: The Hermeneutical Mechanism and How Social Science Theories May Influence Policy Outcomes -- Chapter Summary -- References -- Chapter 3 Framework for Analysis -- Introduction -- Conceptual Apparatus: Building Blocks and Terminology -- The Objects of Analysis -- The Liberal (Democratic) Peace -- Peacebuilding: In Academia and in the United Nations -- Coming into Life and Remaining Influential -- Methodological Approach -- Chapter Summary -- References -- Chapter 4 The Origins of UN Peacebuilding (I): The Academic Roots -- Introduction -- The Liberal Democratic Peace as Theoretical Construct -- From Academe to Public Spheres: The Liberal Democratic Peace as Public Convention -- Material Aspects -- Ideational Aspects -- Boutros-Ghali's Public Use of Theories About the Liberal Democratic Peace -- Chapter Summary -- References -- Chapter 5 The Origins of UN Peacebuilding (II): The Liberal Democratic Peace in the UN Milieu -- Introduction -- The Making of An Agenda for Peace -- The First Phase of Drafting -- The Second Phase of Drafting -- The Third Phase of Drafting -- Seizing the 'Liberal Peace': The Liberal Peace as Political Conviction -- The Academic Foundations of 'Post-Conflict Peacebuilding' -- Revisiting the Debate on the Origins of 'Post-Conflict Peacebuilding'.

Cover -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The Research Question -- 1.2 Importance of the Topic -- 1.2.1 Theoretical Relevance -- 1.2.2 Political Relevance -- 1.2.3 Social Relevance -- 1.3 State of the Art -- 1.3.1 Relevant Literature -- 1.3.2 Overview of the Literature -- 1.3.3 . Contribution to the Existing Literature -- 2. Line of Theoretical Reasoning, Concepts and Hypotheses -- 2.1 Neo-classical Realism -- 2.2 Rational Theories -- 2.2.1 Neo realism -- 2.2.2 Liberal Inter-governmentalism -- 2.3 Constructivism -- 2.4 Rationalism vs Constructivism -- 2.5 Concepts and Variables -- 2.5.1 The EU as a Normative or Strategic/Pragmatic Power? -- 2.5.2 Why EU Strategy instead of EU Grand Strategy? -- 2.5.3 Independent Variable: EU's Assessment of Interests (Normative and Rational Interests) and Foreign Policy Goals -- 2.5.4 Dependent Variable: EU Policy Implementation -- 2.5.5 Intervening Variable: Member State Policies -- 2.6 Alternative Explanations (Hypotheses) -- 3. Research Design -- 3.1 Case Selection: Selection on an Explanatory Variable -- 3.2 Description of Data -- 3.3 Preliminary Answer -- 4. Assessment of Interests and Actions of the EU in Tunisia -- 4.1 EU-Tunisia Relations -- 4.2 Physical Security -- 4.2.1 Migration: Weak Responses to Huge Problems -- 4.2.2 Mobility Partnership: Clashing Interests -- 4.3 Economic Prosperity -- 4.3.1 Tunisia's Vulnerable Economic Situation -- 4.3.2 EU Support for Economic Recovery -- 4.3.3 Integration of Markets and Trade Liberalization -- 4.3.4 Investments of EIB and EBRD -- 4.3.5 High Level Visits to Tunisia -- 4.4 Value Projection -- 4.4.1 EU's New and Ambitious Support for Tunisia's Path up to the Elections -- 4.4.2 High Level Visits to Tunisia: A Reflection of `More for More` Approach -- 4.4.3 Political and Social Turmoil in Tunisia -- 5. Assessment of Interest and Actions of Member States in Tunisia

Intro -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- 1: Introduction: Purposes and Goals -- 1.1 International Trends -- 1.2 Purpose of the Book and Conceptual Framework: A Premise -- 1.3 The Working Hypothesis -- 1.4 Design and Methodology -- 1.5 The Structure of the Book -- Bibliography -- 2: Theoretical Studies on Content Analysis and Empirical Research -- 2.1 Theoretical Underpinnings of Socio-economic Development -- 2.2 Theories of Development: Positivism, Constructivism, Realism -- 2.2.1 Positivism -- 2.2.2 Constructivism -- 2.2.3 Realism -- 2.2.4 A Conceptual Analysis of Development -- 2.3 The Concept of Knowledge -- 2.3.1 The Role and Nature of Knowledge: Exploring the Concept -- 2.3.2 Knowledge and Its Definitions -- 2.3.3 Knowledge and Its Barriers to Its Access -- 2.3.4 Missed Development? Overcoming the Barriers -- 2.4 Social Capital and Social Cohesion in Policymaking -- 2.4.1 Social Capital Within the Paradigm of Community Governance -- 2.4.2 Social Cohesion: The Principle Applied to EU Development Policies -- 2.5 Social Learning as a Concept -- 2.5.1 Social Learning in Regional Science: A Focus on Regional Economics -- 2.5.2 Social Learning and the Evolution of the Social Capital Concept -- 2.5.3 Social Learning and Empirical Analysis: The State of the Art -- 2.6 Sustainability: Epistemology and Strategies -- 2.6.1 Capacity Building Approaches to Sustainable Development -- 2.6.2 In the Pursuit of Sustainable Development: The EU Agenda -- Bibliography -- 3: The EU Integration Process of the Western Balkan Countries -- Box 3.1 The Stabilisation and Association Process of Western Balkan Countries -- Box 3.2 EUROPE 2020: A Strategy for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth -- 3.1 The Copenhagen Criteria -- 3.1.1 The Economic Accession: Second Copenhagen Criteria

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword: the 2015 review of the European Neighbourhood Policy -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Theoretical approaches to the European Neighbourhood Policy -- Part I Rationalism vs. constructivism: inside-out and outside-in -- 2 Rationalist and constructivist approaches to the European Neighbourhood Policy: a growing prevalence of interests over identity? -- 3 Rational institutionalism, constructivism or both? A spatial econometric approach to measuring the impact of incentives and socialization in the European Neighbourhood Policy -- 4 The Russian Federation's posture towards the European Neighbourhood Policy: a neoclassical realist explanation -- 5 Russia's perception of the European Neighbourhood Policy: a constructivist explanation -- Part II Beyond EU-centrism: neglected (f)actors -- 6 The role of bounded rationality in explaining the European Neighbourhood Policy: the Eastern dimension -- 7 A structural foreign policy perspective on the European Neighbourhood Policy -- 8 Empowerment of domestic stakeholders: from outcome-orientedto process-oriented Europeanization in the ENP countries -- 9 The practice of EU power relations with international organizations in the neighbourhood: imperator or primus inter pares? -- Part III The EU and the other(s): conflict or cooperation? -- 10 Between the Eastern Partnership and the Eurasian Economic Union: competing region-building projects in the 'common neighbourhood' -- 11 Turning a problem into a solution? The potential of interregionalism between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union -- 12 'The political' and the ENP: rethinking EU relations with the Eastern region

Provides a counterbalance to the standard assessment-measurement-accountability prescriptions that have made showing you did your job more important than actually doing it. This work articulates a postmodern theory of public administration that challenges the field to redirect its attention away from narrow, technique-oriented scientism.

This book is about the making and unmaking of socio-cultural differences, seen from anthropological, sociological and philosophical perspectives. Some contributions are of a theoretical nature, such as when the »problem of translation«, »the enigma of alienity« or »queer theory« are addressed; other contributors throw light on contemporary issues like the integration of Muslims in Norway, identity-forming processes in »Creole« societies or »neo-traditionalist movements« and »identity« in Africa. Moreover, the book deals with »strangers« looked at from an »anthropology of the night«. Special emphasis is placed on how globalization and the rapid spread of ever new technologies of information have generated ever new patterns of inclusion and exclusion, and how these can be theorized.