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Cantir and Kaarbo assemble in this volume nine thoughtful case studies of national role conflict in advanced democracies, constituting the first major study of role contestation among political elites and between elites and the general public. This is a key contribution to the burgeoning literature applying role theory to the study of foreign policy, and one that offers valuable insights into a deeply controversial political issue: as citizens, what role do we wish for our country to play in the world? Paul Kowert, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA This page intentionally left blank DOMESTIC ROLE CONTESTATION, FOREIGN POLICY, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Despite the increase in the number of studies in International Relations using con cepts from a role theory perspective, scholarship continues to assume that a state’s own expectations of what role it should play on the world stage is shared among domestic political actors. Cristian Cantir and Juliet Kaarbo have gathered a leading team of inter nationally distinguished International Relations scholars to draw on decades of research in Foreign Policy Analysis to explore points of internal contestation of national role conceptions (NRCs) and the effects and outcomes of contestation between domestic political actors. Nine detailed comparative case studies have been selected for the purpose of theoretical exploration, with an eye to illustrat ing the relevance of role contestation in a diversity of settings, including variation in period, geographic area, unit of analysis, and aspects of the domestic political process. This edited book includes a number of pioneering insights into how the domestic political process can have a crucial effect on how a country behaves at the global level. Cristian Cantir is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Oakland University in Michigan, USA. Some of his research interests include the domestic determi nants of foreign policy behavior, the diplomatic activities of substate governments, role theory, and historical approaches to IR. Juliet Kaarbo is Professor of International Relations with a Chair in Foreign Policy at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She is codirector of Edinburgh’s Centre for Security Research. Her research focuses on political psychology, leadership and decision making, group dynamics, foreign policy analysis and theory, parliamentary political systems, and national roles. Role Theory and International Relations Edited by Cameron G. Thies, Arizona State University, and Juliet Kaarbo, University of Edinburgh The Role Theory and International Relations Series aspires to attract and publish the latest and best research integrating knowledge in the field of international relations with role theory. This aspiration cuts across a wide swath of subfields, including foreign policy analysis, peace and security studies, international politi cal economy, diplomatic studies, and international organization. While each of these subfields of study is presently organized as an “island of theory,” this series intends to integrate their signature phenomena within a system of knowledge, a “theory complex,” or an alliance among different subfields. This series showcases the ability of role theory to generate useful theoretical insights on its own or in combination with existing theories across these traditional subfields. Role theo ry’s conceptual repertoire, plus its ability to span multiple levels of analyses and the major metatheoretical divides in the discipline, positions it to be an important integrative force in the study of international relations. 1 Rethinking Foreign Policy Analysis States, Leaders, and the Microfoundations of Behavioral International Relations Edited by Stephen G. Walker, Akan Malici, and Mark Schafer 2 The United States, Israel, and the Search for International Order Socializing States Cameron G. Thies 3 Role Theory and the Cognitive Architecture of British Appeasement Decisions Symbolic and Strategic Interaction in World Politics Stephen G. Walker 4 Environmental Politics and Foreign Policy Decision Making in Latin America Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol Amy Below 5 China’s International Roles Edited by Sebastian Harnisch, Sebastian Bersick, and Jörn-Carsten Gottwald 6 Domestic Role Contestation, Foreign Policy, and International Relations Edited by Cristian Cantir and Juliet Kaarbo DOMESTIC ROLE CONTESTATION, FOREIGN POLICY, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Edited by Cristian Cantir and Juliet Kaarbo First published 2016 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2016 Taylor & Francis The right of the editors to be identified as the authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Names: Cantir, Cristian, editor, author. | Kaarbo, Juliet, editor, author. Title: Domestic role contestation, foreign policy, and international relations / edited by Cristian Cantir and Juliet Kaarbo. Description: New York, NY : Routledge, 2016. | Series: Role theory and international relations ; 7 | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015044121 | ISBN 9781138653801 (hbk) | ISBN 9781138653818 (pbk) | ISBN 9781315623580 (ebk) Subjects: LCSH: International relations—Political aspects—Case studies. | International relations—Decision making—Case studies. | International relations—Public opinion—Case studies. | World politics—20th century— Case studies. | World politics—21st century—Case studies. Classification: LCC JZ1305 .D66 2016 | DDC 327.101—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015044121 ISBN: 9781138653801 (hbk) ISBN: 9781138653818 (pbk) ISBN: 9781315623580 (ebk) Typeset in Bembo by Apex CoVantage, LLC CONTENTS Notes on Contributors ix Preface xiv 1 Unpacking Ego in Role Theory: Vertical and Horizontal Role Contestation and Foreign Policy 1 Cristian Cantir and Juliet Kaarbo 2 Role Contestation in the July 1914 Crisis: The British and French Cases 23 Joe D. Hagan 3 Active Independent or Faithful Ally? The Domestic Contestation of National Role Conceptions in Australia After World War II 40 Klaus Brummer and Cameron G. Thies 4 Role Theory and Japanese Security Policy 55 Keiko Hirata 5 Contesting Belgium’s Role in Development Cooperation 72 Marijke Breuning viii Contents 6 Domestic Sources of Changing Turkish Foreign Policy Toward the MENA During the 2010s: A Role Theoretic Approach 89 Özgür Özdamar 7 Intervention, Domestic Contestation, and Britain’s National Role Conceptions 105 Jamie Gaskarth 8 Belief Systems and Foreign Policy Roles: Role Contestation in U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions 122 Stephen G. Walker, Mark Schafer, and John Beieler 9 To Be or Not to Be a State? Role Contestation in the Debate Over Scottish Independence 140 Ryan Beasley, Juliet Kaarbo, and Hannah Solomon-Strauss 10 Multilevel Role Contestation: The EU in the Libyan Crisis 157 Nicole Koenig 11 Agents in Structures: Insights From Cases of Internal Role Contestation 174 Juliet Kaarbo and Cristian Cantir References 193 Index 223 CONTRIBUTORS Ryan Beasley is a senior teaching fellow at the University of St. Andrews, special izing in foreign policy theory and political psychology. His research focuses on problem representations, dissonance, group decision making, coalition cabinets, and role theory. He has published work in International Studies Quarterly, Political Psychology, Foreign Policy Analysis, and Journal of European Public Policy, and is the coeditor of Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective (CQ Press). He has held posi tions at Baker University, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, and the Small Arms Survey. John Beieler is a senior analyst at Caerus Associates, working in the area of data science, with a particular focus on the generation and use of political event data. John is currently completing his PhD in political science at the Pennsylvania State University, with a research focus in political methodology and international relations. He was previously a fellow in the National Science Foundation Big Data Social Science Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program. Additionally, John is associated with the Open Event Data Alliance (OEDA), specifically through the creation of open source software to collect and process news stories in order to create useable data. John holds an MA in political science from the Pennsylvania State University and a BA in political science from Louisiana State University. Marijke Breuning is a professor of political science at the University of North Texas. She specializes in foreign policy decision making, with a specific interest in development cooperation and small states, as well as the politics of interna tional children’s rights (and especially intercountry adoption), women/gender and politics, and the sociology of the profession. She has published numerous refereed
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