
6. Social Constructivism
Christine Agius
in Contemporary Security Studies (4th edn)
This chapter examines the impact of social constructivism on Security Studies as well as its critique of the assumed orthodoxy of rationalist approaches to security and the international ...
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6. Social Constructivism
Christine Agius
in Contemporary Security Studies (5th edn)
This chapter examines the impact of social constructivism on Security Studies as well as its critique of the assumed orthodoxy of rationalist approaches to security and the international ...
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11. Identities and US foreign policy
Christina Rowley and Jutta Weldes
in US Foreign Policy (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the role of identity in constructing U.S. foreign policy. Using a critical social constructivist approach, it argues that particular conceptions of U.S. identity ...
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7. Social Constructivism and European Integration
Thomas Risse
in European Integration Theory (3rd edn)
The chapter presents a short overview on social constructivism as a distinct research programme and shows what it contributes to the study of European integration. Social constructivism ...
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9. Constructivism
K. M. Fierke
in International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity (4th edn)
This chapter examines the key debates that have shaped the development of constructivism in International Relations (IR). It first considers the idea that international relations is a ...
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4. Historical Materialism
Eric Herring
in Contemporary Security Studies (4th edn)
This chapter examines historical materialism and its approach to understanding what constitutes security. It begins with an overview of of the social scientific, philosophical, and ...
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8. Social Constructivism and European Integration
Thomas Risse
in European Integration Theory (2nd edn)
This chapter examines social constructivism as an approach to the study of European integration and a challenge to more rationalist approaches such as liberal intergovernmentalism and ...
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Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches (6th edn)
Robert Jackson and Georg Sørensen
Introduction to International Relations provides a concise introduction to the principal international relations theories, and explores how theory can be used to analyse ...
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1. Why Study IR?
Robert Jackson and Georg Sørensen
in Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches (6th edn)
Introduction to International Relations provides a concise introduction to the principal international relations theories, and explores how theory can be used to analyse ...
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Introduction: From international politics to world politics
Patricia Owens, John Baylis, and Steve Smith
in The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations (8th edn)
This text offers a comprehensive analysis of world politics in a global era. It examines the main theories of world politics—realism, liberalism, Marxism, social constructivism, ...
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4. Constructivism and foreign policy
Trine Flockhart
in Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (3rd edn)
This chapter examines the basic assumptions and foreign policy relevance of constructivism. Using European security as an illustrative example, it shows that constructivism is a valuable ...
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Introduction: From international politics to world politics
Patricia Owens, John Baylis, and Steve Smith
in The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations (7th edn)
This text offers a comprehensive analysis of world politics in a global era. It examines the main theories of world politics — realism, liberalism, Marxism, social constructivism, ...
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4. Historical Materialism
Eric Herring
in Contemporary Security Studies (5th edn)
This chapter examines historical materialism and its approach to understanding what constitutes security. It begins with an overview of of the social scientific, philosophical, and ...
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1. Why Study IR?
Robert Jackson, Georg Sørensen, and Jørgen Møller
in Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches (7th edn)
Introduction to International Relations provides a concise introduction to the principal international relations theories, and explores how theory can be used to analyse ...
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Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches (7th edn)
Robert Jackson, Georg Sørensen, and Jørgen Møller
Introduction to International Relations provides a concise introduction to the principal international relations theories, and explores how theory can be used to analyse ...
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18. Enlargement
Ana E. Juncos and Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán
in European Union Politics (6th edn)
The process of enlargement has transformed the European Union. It has had far-reaching implications for the shape and definition of Europe, and for the institutional set-up and the major ...
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4. Critical Perspectives
Ian Bache, Simon Bulmer, Stephen George, and Owen Parker
in Politics in the European Union (4th edn)
This chapter examines the range of critical perspectives now applied to the European Union, including social constructivism, critical political economy, critical social theory, critical ...
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4. Critical Perspectives
Simon Bulmer, Owen Parker, Ian Bache, Stephen George, and Charlotte Burns
in Politics in the European Union (5th edn)
This chapter examines the range of critical perspectives now applied to the European Union, including social constructivism, critical political economy, critical social theory, critical ...
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8. Social Constructivism
Robert Jackson and Georg Sørensen
in Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches (6th edn)
This chapter examines the social constructivist theory of International Political Economy (IPE). It first discusses the rise of social constructivism and why it has established itself as an ...
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8. Social Constructivism
Robert Jackson, Georg Sørensen, and Jørgen Møller
in Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches (7th edn)
This chapter examines the social constructivist theory of International Political Economy (IPE). It first discusses the rise of social constructivism and why it has established itself as an ...
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