National Role Conceptions in a New Millennium: Defining a Place in a Changing World

ISBN-13: 9780367545383 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 186 str.

Michael Grossman; Francis Schortgen; Gordon Friedrichs

Opis

National Role Conceptions in a New Millennium examines the transformation of the international system through an examination of the role conceptions adopted by the different global actors.

Recenzje

"This book advances role theory scholarship by shedding light on how major global structural shifts affect national role conceptions. The chapters on international organizations also expand the reach of this theoretical perspective to heretofore under-explored agents. The book will be of interest to anyone who is curious about how states perceive structural changes and reevaluate (or not) their place in the world."

Cristian Cantir, Oakland University

"This volume brings role theory to bear on one of the biggest questions in international relations: how will countries adapt and accommodate themselves to new international roles as their relative power and position changes? Finding answers to this vital question would be enough to make this work an important contribution. By extending their analysis to the ways international organizations will also take on new roles in the 21^st century, the authors push role theory in an unexpected new direction, marking another major advance."

Paul Kowert, University of Massachusetts Boston

"In the context of new actors taking on new roles and a rising polycentric world order, a vital question remains as to what shape future world politics will take. Here, role theory has great value as it goes beyond the surface of policy changes and provides more fundamental levels of analysis. Thus, readers will gain a better understanding of: which political concepts stand out; the impact of systemic changes; and the decision-makers' 'obsession' with the role-play games-even when such roles deviate from 'rational' or expected responses."

Guangyi Pan, International Affairs

 

Spis treści

1. Introduction, Defining Roles in a Polycentric World.  Part 1: National Roles  2. Shrinking the U.S. leadership role: Populism and the Change of Domestic and International "Others".  3. The Evolution of Russia’s National Role Conceptions: From Cooperation to Great Power Competition  4. Taking Center Stage: China's New Role Assertiveness in the 21st-Century International System  5. A Tenuous Island: The Destabilization of Britain’s Role in the International System of the 21st Century  6. Berlin, We Have a Problem: Germany's Role Adaptability and the Transatlantic Security Community  7. Contesting Japan’s International Role: The Responses of Japanese Non-Governmental Organizations to the Transformation of Japanese ODA Policy  Part 2: Institutional Roles  8. The EU’s Self-Conception of Its Roles in Global Affairs  9. NATO's Role Transitions in a Changing International System  10. ASEAN: The Center of Asian Regionalization? A Model for a Global Future?  11. The Organization of American States’ role as facilitator of democracy promotion: Persuasion and social influence during the political crisis in Venezuela  12. Conclusion, Turbulence in the 21st Century International Order