Communitarian International Relations: The Epistemic Foundations of International Relations by Adler, Emanuel

Communitarian International Relations: The Epistemic Foundations of International Relations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415335911)

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Communitarian International Relations: The Epistemic Foundations of International Relations by Adler, Emanuel

Communitarian International Relations: The Epistemic Foundations of International Relations

$72.99
Communitarian International Relations: The Epistemic Foundations of International Relations by Adler, Emanuel

Communitarian International Relations: The Epistemic Foundations of International Relations

$72.99
Format: Paperback
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In Emanuel Adler's distinctive constructivist approach to international relations theory, international practices evolve in tandem with collective knowledge of the material and social worlds. This book - comprising a fresh selection of his journal publications, a substantial new introduction, three previously unpublished articles - points IR constructivism in a novel direction, characterized as 'communitarian'. Adler's synthesis does not herald the end of the nation-state; nor does it suggest that agency is unimportant in international life. Rather, it argues that what mediates between individual and state agency and social structures are communities of practice, which are the wellspring and repositories of collective meanings and social practices. The concept of communities of practice casts new light on epistemic communities and security communities, helping to explain why certain ideas congeal into human practices and others do not, and which social mechanisms can facilitate the emergence of normatively better communities.

Author: Emanuel Adler
ISBN-10: 0415335914
ISBN-13: 9780415335911
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2005
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.76d
By Emanuel Adler
By Emanuel Adler
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Emanuel Adler is Professor and Chair of Israeli Studies, University of Toronto and Associate Professor at the Hebrew University Israel. He has served as a research fellow at U.C. Berkeley and Harvard University, and has taught at U.C. Berkeley, U.C. Davis, and the University of Wisconsin. His area of expertise is the theory of International Relations and the relationship between knowledge and international change. In this context he has explored the development of epistemic communities and learning, the development of security communities, and the constructivist approach to the study of international relations.

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