{"product_id":"the-politics-of-military-force-frank-a-stengel-9780472132218","title":"The Politics of Military Force: Antimilitarism, Ideational Change, and Post-Cold War German Security Discourse","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Military Force \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the dynamics of discursive change that made participation in military operations possible against the background of German antimilitarist culture. Once considered a strict taboo, so-called out-of-area operations have now become widely considered by German policymakers to be without alternative. The book argues that an understanding of how certain \u003ci\u003epolicies \u003c\/i\u003eare made possible (in this case, military operations abroad and force transformation), one needs to focus on processes of \u003ci\u003ediscursive \u003c\/i\u003echange that result in different policy options appearing rational, appropriate, feasible, or even self-evident. Drawing on Essex School discourse theory, the book develops a theoretical framework to understand how discursive change works, and elaborates on how discursive change makes once unthinkable policy options not only acceptable but even without alternative. Based on a detailed discourse analysis of more than 25 years of German parliamentary debates, \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Military Force \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an explanation for: (1) the emergence of a new hegemonic discourse in German security policy after the end of the Cold War (discursive change), (2) the rearticulation of German antimilitarism in the process (ideational change\/norm erosion) and (3) the resulting making-possible of military operations and force transformation (policy change). In doing so, the book also demonstrates the added value of a poststructuralist approach compared to the naive realism and linear conceptions of norm change so prominent in the study of German foreign policy and International Relations more generally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank A. Stengel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472132210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472132218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Frank A. Stengel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43978430316799,"sku":"9780472132218","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52b5a5bd-e2a8-4c9b-a446-03852b40d350.jpg?v=1683241509","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-military-force-frank-a-stengel-9780472132218","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}