Role Theory in International Relations: Approaches and Analyses

341 Pages·2011·3.5 MB·English

by  Sebastian Harnisch

Role Theory in International
Relations
Role Theory in International Relations provides a comprehensive, up- to-date
survey of recent theoretical scholarship on foreign policy roles, and extensive
empirical analysis of role behavior of a variety of states in the current era of
eroding American hegemony.
Taking stock of the evolution of role theory within foreign policy analysis,
International Relations, and social science theory, the authors probe role
approaches in combination with IR concepts such as socialization, learning, and
communicative action. They draw upon comparative case studies of foreign
policy roles of states (the United States, Japan, PR China, Germany, France, the
United Kingdom, Poland, Sweden, and Norway) and international institutions
(NATO, the European Union) to assess NATO’s transformation, the European
Union as a normative power, as well as the impact of China’s rise on US hege-
mony under the Bush and Obama administrations. The chapters also offer com-
pelling theoretical arguments about the nexus between foreign policy role change
and the evolution of international society.
This important new volume advances current role theory scholarship, offering
concrete theoretical suggestions as to how foreign policy analysis and IR theory
could benefit from a closer integration of role theory. It will be of great interest
to all scholars and students of international relations, foreign policy, and inter-
national politics.
Sebastian Harnisch is Professor of International Relations and Foreign Policy
at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Cornelia Frank is Lecturer in Political Science at the Chair for Foreign Policy
and International Relations at the University of Trier, Germany.
Hanns W. Maull is Professor of Foreign Policy and International Relations at
the University of Trier, Germany.
Routledge advances in international relations and global
politics
1 Foreign Policy and Discourse 8 Politics and Globalisation
Analysis Knowledge, ethics and agency
France, Britain and Europe Martin Shaw
Henrik Larsen
9 History and International
2 Agency, Structure and Relations
International Politics Thomas W. Smith
From ontology to empirical
enquiry 10 Idealism and Realism in
Gil Friedman and Harvey Starr International Relations
Robert M.A. Crawford
3 The Political Economy of
Regional Co- operation in the 11 National and International
Middle East Conflicts, 1945–1995
Ali Carkoglu, Mine Eder and New empirical and theoretical
Kemal Kirisci approaches.
Frank Pfetsch and
4 Peace Maintenance Christoph Rohloff
The evolution of international
political authority 12 Party Systems and Voter
Jarat Chopra Alignments Revisited
Edited by Lauri Karvonen and
5 International Relations and Stein Kuhnle
Historical Sociology
Breaking down boundaries 13 Ethics, Justice and International
Stephen Hobden Relations
Constructing an international
6 Equivalence in Comparative community
Politics Peter Sutch
Edited by Jan W. van Deth
14 Capturing Globalization
7 The Politics of Central Banks Edited by James H. Mittelman and
Robert Elgie and Helen Thompson Norani Othman
15 Uncertain Europe 24 Russian Foreign Policy and the
Building a new European security CIS
order? Theories, debates and actions
Edited by Martin A. Smith and Nicole J. Jackson
Graham Timmins
25 Asia and Europe
16 Power, Postcolonialism and
Development and different
International Relations
dimensions of ASEM
Reading race, gender and class
Yeo Lay Hwee
Edited by Geeta Chowdhry and
Sheila Nair
26 Global Instability and Strategic
Crisis
17 Constituting Human Rights
Neville Brown
Global civil society and the
society of democratic states
27 Africa in International
Mervyn Frost
Politics
18 US Economic Statecraft for External involvement on the
Survival, 1933–1991 continent
Of sanctions, embargoes and Edited by Ian Taylor and
economic warfare Paul Williams
Alan P. Dobson
28 Global Governmentality
19 The EU and NATO Enlargement Governing international spaces
Richard McAllister and Edited by Wendy Larner and
Roland Dannreuther William Walters
20 Spatializing International Politics
29 Political Learning and
Analysing activism on the internet
Citizenship Education under
Jayne Rodgers
Conflict
The political socialization
21 Ethnonationalism in the
of Israeli and Palestinian
Contemporary World
youngsters
Walker Connor and the study of
Orit Ichilov
nationalism
Edited by Daniele Conversi
30 Gender and Civil Society
22 Meaning and International Transcending boundaries
Relations Edited by Jude Howell and
Edited by Peter Mandaville and Diane Mulligan
Andrew Williams
31 State Crises, Globalisation
23 Political Loyalty and the Nation- and National Movements in
State North- East Africa
Edited by Michael Waller and The Horn’s dilemma
Andrew Linklater Edited by Asafa Jalata
32 Diplomacy and Developing 40 A Human Security Doctrine for
Nations Europe
Post- Cold War foreign policy- Project, principles, practicalities
making structures and processes Edited by Marlies Glasius and
Edited by Justin Robertson and Mary Kaldor
Maurice A. East
41 The History and Politics of
33 Autonomy, Self- Governance and UN Security Council
Conflict Resolution Reform
Innovative approaches to Dimitris Bourantonis
institutional design in divided
societies 42 Russia and NATO since 1991
Edited by Marc Weller and From Cold War through cold
Stefan Wolff peace to partnership?
Martin A. Smith
34 Mediating International Crises
Jonathan Wilkenfeld, 43 The Politics of Protection
Kathleen J. Young, Sites of insecurity and political
David M. Quinn and Victor Asal agency
Edited by Jef Huysmans,
35 Postcolonial Politics, the Andrew Dobson and
Internet and Everyday Life Raia Prokhovnik
Pacific traversals online
M.I. Franklin 44 International Relations in
Europe
36 Reconstituting the Global Traditions, perspectives and
Liberal Order destinations
Legitimacy and regulation Edited by Knud Erik Jørgensen
Kanishka Jayasuriya and Tonny Brems Knudsen
37 International Relations, Security 45 The Empire of Security and the
and Jeremy Bentham Safety of the People
Gunhild Hoogensen Edited by William Bain
38 Interregionalism and 46 Globalization and Religious
International Relations Nationalism in India
Edited by Heiner Hänggi, The search for ontological
Ralf Roloff and Jürgen Rüland security
Catrina Kinnvall
39 The International Criminal
Court 47 Culture and International
A global civil society Relations
achievement Narratives, natives and tourists
Marlies Glasius Julie Reeves
48 Global Civil Society 56 Civil Society, Religion and
Contested futures Global Governance
Edited by Gideon Baker and Paradigms of power and
David Chandler persuasion
Edited by Helen James
49 Rethinking Ethical Foreign
Policy 57 War, Peace and Hegemony in a
Pitfalls, possibilities and Globalized World
paradoxes The changing balance of power in
Edited by David Chandler and the twenty-fi rst century
Volker Heins Edited by Chandra Chari
58 Economic Globalisation as
50 International Cooperation and
Religious War
Arctic Governance
Tragic convergence
Regime effectiveness and northern
Michael McKinley
region building
Edited by Olav Schram Stokke and
59 Globalization, Prostitution and
Geir Hønneland
Sex- trafficking
Corporeal politics
51 Human Security
Elina Penttinen
Concepts and implications
Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh and
60 Peacebuilding
Anuradha Chenoy
Women in international perspective
Elisabeth Porter
52 International Relations and
Security in the Digital Age
61 Ethics, Liberalism and Realism
Edited by Johan Eriksson and
in International Relations
Giampiero Giacomello
Mark D. Gismondi
53 State- Building
62 Law and Legalization in
Theory and practice
Transnational Relations
Edited by Aidan Hehir and
Edited by Christian Brütsch and
Neil Robinson
Dirk Lehmkuhl
54 Violence and Non- Violence in 63 Fighting Terrorism and Drugs
Africa Europe and international police
Edited by Pal Ahluwalia, cooperation
Louise Bethlehem and Jörg Friedrichs
Ruth Ginio
64 Identity Politics in the Age of
55 Developing Countries and Genocide
Global Trade Negotiations The Holocaust and historical
Edited by Larry Crump and representation
S. Javed Maswood David B. MacDonald
65 Globalisation, Public Opinion 74 The Securitization of
and the State Humanitarian Migration
Western Europe and East and Digging moats and sinking boats
Southeast Asia Scott D. Watson
Edited by Takashi Inoguchi and
Ian Marsh 75 Mediation in the Asia- Pacific
Region
66 Urbicide Transforming conflicts and
The politics of urban destruction building peace
Martin Coward Edited by Dale Bagshaw and
Elisabeth Porter
67 Transnational Activism in the
UN and the EU 76 United Nations Reform
A comparative study Heading North or South?
Jutta Joachim and Birgit Locher Spencer Zifcak
68 Gender Inclusive 77 New Norms and Knowledge in
Essays on violence, men and World Politics
feminist international relations Protecting people, intellectual
Adam Jones property and the environment
Preslava Stoeva
69 Capitalism, Democracy and
the Prevention of War and 78 Power, Resistance and Conflict
Poverty in the Contemporary World
Edited by Peter Graeff and Social movements, networks and
Guido Mehlkop hierarchies
Athina Karatzogianni and
70 Environmental Change and Andrew Robinson
Foreign Policy
Theory and practice 79 World- Regional Social Policy
Edited by Paul G. Harris and Global Governance
New research and policy agendas
71 Climate Change and Foreign in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin
Policy America
Case studies from East to West Edited by Bob Deacon,
Edited by Paul G. Harris Maria Cristina Macovei,
Luk Van Langenhove and
72 Securitizations of Citizenship Nicola Yeates
Edited by Peter Nyers
80 International Relations Theory
73 The Power of Ideology and Philosophy
From the Roman Empire to Interpretive dialogues
Al- Qaeda Edited by Cerwyn Moore and
Alex Roberto Hybel Chris Farrands
81 Superpower Rivalry and 87 The Contested Politics of
Conflict Mobility
The long shadow of the Cold War Borderzones and irregularity
on the twenty-fi rst century Edited by Vicki Squires
Edited by Chandra Chari
88 Human Security, Law and the
82 Coping and Conformity in Prevention of Terrorism
World Politics Andrej Zwitter
Hugh C. Dyer
89 Multilayered Migration
83 Defining and Defying Organized Governance
Crime The promise of partnership
Discourse, perception and reality Edited by Rahel Kunz,
Edited by Felia Allum, Sandra Lavenex and
Francesca Longo, Daniela Irrera Marion Panizzon
and Panos A. Kostakos
90 Role Theory in International
84 Federalism in Asia Relations
India, Pakistan and Malaysia Approaches and analyses
Harihar Bhattacharyya Edited by Sebastian Harnisch,
Cornelia Frank and
85 The World Bank and HIV/AIDS Hanns W. Maull
Setting a global agenda
Sophie Harman
86 The “War on Terror” and the
Growth of Executive Power?
A comparative analysis
Edited by John E. Owens and
Riccardo Pelizzo

Role Theory in International
Relations
Approaches and analyses
Edited by Sebastian Harnisch,
Cornelia Frank, and Hanns W. Maull