Role theory in international relations: approaches and analyses

Role Theory in International Relations provides a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of recent theoretical scholarship on foreign policy roles and extensive empirical analysis of role behaviour of a variety of states in the current era of eroding American hegemony. Taking stock of the evolution of rol...

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Other Authors: Harnisch, Sebastian (Editor)
Format: Edited Volume
Language:English
Published: London [u.a.] Routledge 2011
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Routledge advances in international relations and global politics 90
In: Routledge advances in international relations and global politics (90)

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Role Theory in International Relations; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on editors; Notes on contributors; List of abbreviations; Introduction: Sebastian Harnisch, Cornelia Frank, and Hanns W . Maull; Part I: Theories; 1. Role theory: operationalization of key concepts: Sebastian Harnisch; 2. Role theory research in international relations: state of the art and blind spots: Marijke Breuning; 3. "Dialogue and emergence": George Herbert Mead'scontribution to role theory and his reconstruction ofinternational politics: Sebastian Harnisch
  • 4. Habermas meets role theory: communicative action as role playing?: Harald Müller5. Identity and role change in international politics: Dirk Nabers; Part II: Roles and institutions; 6. NATO and the (re)constitution of roles: "self," "we," and "other"?: Trine Flockhart; 7. Reconsidering the European Union's roles in international relations: self-conceptions, expectations, and performance: Rikard Bengtsson and ole Elgström; 8. Comparing Germany's and Poland's ESDPs: roles, path dependencies, learning, and socialization: Cornelia Frank
  • 9. Does membership matter? Convergence of Sweden's and Norway's role conceptions by interaction with the European Union: Rachel FolzPart III: US hegemony; 10. Hegemony reconstructed? America's role conception and its "leadership" within its core alliances: Hanns W . Maull; 11. Terrorized America? 9/11 and its impact on US foreign policy: Raimund Wolf; 12. Discord and collaboration in Franco-Americanrelations: what can role theory tell us?: Ulrich Krotz and James Sperling; 13. Hesitant adaptation: China's new role in global policies: Jörn- Carsten Gottwald and Niall Duggan
  • 14. Conclusion: role theory, role change, and the international social order: Sebastian Harnisch, Cornelia Frank, and Hanns W . MaullReferences; Index