'Contributors to this outstanding collection of essays were asked to respond to the often-repeated criticism that constructivists travel light when it comes to ethical commitments. This charge may have been sustainable previously; it is certainly not now. Moral Limit and Possibility in World Politics makes an extremely persuasive case for constructivism's contribution to normative theorising. The editor, in particular, is to be commended for rolling out a set of inter-related themes which give the book a unity and coherence seldom found in edited collections.' Tim Dunne, Professor of International Relations, University of Exeter
Preface; 1. Moral limit and possibility in world politics Richard Price; 2. Constructivism and the structure of ethical reasoning Christian Reus-Smit; 3. The role of consequences, comparison and counterfactuals in constructivist ethical thought Kathryn Sikkink; 4. Sovereignty, recognition and indigenous peoples Jonathan Havercroft; 5. Policy hypocrisy or political compromise? Assessing the morality of US policy toward undocumented migrants Amy Gurowitz; 6. Lie to me: sanctions on Iraq, moral argument and the international politics of hypocrisy Marc Lynch; 7. Paradoxes in humanitarian intervention Martha Finnemore; 8. Inevitable inequalities? Approaching gender equality and multiculturalism Ann Towns; 9. Interstate community-building and the identity/difference predicament Bahar Rumelili; 10. Progress with a price Richard Price.