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1 online resource (388 pages). |
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Cambridge Studies in International Relations
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Cambridge studies in international relations.
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Cover; International Practices; Cambridge Studies in International Relations: 119; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figure; Note on the contributors; Acronyms and abbreviations; Part I Practices in International Relations and social theory; 1 International practices: introduction and framework; Practices; Fostering interparadigmatic conversations in IR; Overcoming dichotomies in social theory; Framework: how practice generates transformation; On methodology; An agenda for taking international practices seriously; Plan of the book; References; 2 Making sense of "international practices." |
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IntroductionThe uses of "practice"; Pragmatism; The impact of pragmatism on American sociology; Conclusion; References; Part II Practices and their background; 3 A practice theory of emotion for International Relations; The emotion problem; The ontology of practice; Emotional practices; Human being as unit of analysis; References; 4 Background knowledge in the foreground: conversations about competent practice in "sacred space"; Introduction: communities of practice; Communities of practice and learning; The debate about humanitarian practice. |
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Practice pushed to the foreground: structure and agencyThe allergy to "standards for practice" and "accountability for outcomes": competencies at issue; Competency and logics of practice; "Doing good" how? Learning about practice; Symbolic politics and transformation; References; 5 Interactional international law and the practice of legality; Introduction; The interactional law framework; Shared understandings; Criteria of legality; Continuous practice: the hard work of international law; An interactional understanding of custom, treaty, and soft law; The global climate regime82; Conclusion. |
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ReferencesPart III The evolution of practices; 6 The practice of deterrence; Preliminary comments; Origins of Cold War deterrence; Cold War deterrence; Accumulating practice; Innovation arising from practice; Impact on the post-Cold War world; Conclusion; References; 7 Britain's response to the Spanish Civil War: investigating the implications of foregrounding practice for English School thinking; Practice theory and the system/society distinction; Competing accounts of Britain and the Spanish Civil War; Civil wars and the recognition of new states. |
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Competing British practices during the Spanish Civil WarConclusion; References; 8 Domestic practices and balancing: integrating practice into neoclassical realism; Neoclassical realism, domestic practices, and balancing; Bipartisanship and American foreign policy, 1945-1950; Conclusion: practice makes perfect?; References; Part IV Practices in practice; 9 Banking on power: how some practices in an international organization anchor others; Introduction; States, IOs, and the boundaries between them; Knowledge, discourse, practices; Anchoring practices; The World Bank; The CPIA and the PBA. |
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CPIA and PBA: overview. |
| Summary |
Leading scholars show how the study of international practices can provide effective new tools in understanding its multifaceted nature. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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International relations.
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International relations. |
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World politics.
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World politics. |
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Diplomacy.
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Diplomacy. |
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Electronic books.
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Academic theses.
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Academic theses.
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| Added Author |
Pouliot, Vincent.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Adler, Emanuel. International Practices. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2011 9781107010437 |
| ISBN |
9781139159494 |
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1139159496 |
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1107010438 |
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9781107010437 |
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9781139161541 (electronic book) |
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1139161547 (electronic book) |
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9780511862373 (electronic book) |
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0511862377 (electronic book) |
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0521281172 |
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9780521281171 |
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9786613341129 |
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