Constructivism in International Relations: The Politics of Reality

ISBN-13: 9780521894661 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 312 str.

Maja Zehfuss; Steve Smith; Thomas Biersteker

Opis

Maja Zehfuss critiques constructivist theories of international relations (currently considered to be at the cutting edge of the discipline) and finds them wanting and even politically dangerous. Zehfuss uses Germany's first shift toward using its military abroad after the end of the Cold War to illustrate why constructivism does not work and how it leads to particular analytical outcomes and forecloses others. She argues that scholars are limiting their abilities to act responsibly in international relations by looking towards constructivism as the future.

Recenzje

'… this book constitutes a good attempt to improve the dialogue between the two approaches in International Relations.' International Affairs

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Identity change? Wendt's constructivism and German military involvement abroad; 3. Intersubjectivity and the normative: Kratochwil's constructivism and German military involvement abroad; 4. Words and world: Onuf's constructivism and German military involvement abroad; 5. The politics of 'reality': Derrida's subversions, constructivism and German military involvement abroad; 6. The politics of constructivism; Bibliography; Index.