Practice as an analytical category has received re-renewed attention in the discipline of International Relations (IR). We discuss the shared assumptions and disagreements among theories of practice in IR and the challenges these pose. Practice theory is identified as an expression of cultural theorizing, differing from rational-interest based or norm-oriented theories of action. Yet, the locus of meaning is not seen in internal mental stances, or in external textual structures, but in the inbetween of practice. Four crucial challenges are discussed: first, the repetitive character of practice, and the degree of stability reached in social orders, second, materiality and the quest of material agency, third, a moderate reflexive understandin...
Realist/neo-realist and neo-liberal institutional approaches of international relations (IR) theory,...
Pragmatism is ever more popular amongst those who study international relations. Its emphasis on pra...
Pragmatism is ever more popular amongst those who study international relations. Its emphasis on pra...
The core claims of the practice turn in International Relations (IR) remain ambiguous. What promises...
This paper argues that Constructivism as the approach in International Relations are still debated. ...
Practice turn marks an important advancement in International Relations theorizing. In challenging a...
[This is a post-publication review symposium] The relationship between theory and practice has been ...
The 1990s were very important years because they introduced a new approach to the International Rela...
Secondly, through three fundamental statements of metatheoretical constructivism (on intersubjective...
By raising the question of what made constructivism possible the paper discusses the puzzle and prom...
(Based on parts of Chapter 11 of the author's EUI PhD Thesis, 1994.) http://hdl.handle.net/1814/513...
Adopting a reflexive, praxeological understanding of science that rejects the objectivist epistemic ...
International relations discourse post-Cold War offers more various approaches in understanding the ...
The ‘turn to practice’ has become a methodological keystone for the project of a ‘New’ Constructivis...
The digital pdf of Chapter 4 is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This collection br...
Realist/neo-realist and neo-liberal institutional approaches of international relations (IR) theory,...
Pragmatism is ever more popular amongst those who study international relations. Its emphasis on pra...
Pragmatism is ever more popular amongst those who study international relations. Its emphasis on pra...
The core claims of the practice turn in International Relations (IR) remain ambiguous. What promises...
This paper argues that Constructivism as the approach in International Relations are still debated. ...
Practice turn marks an important advancement in International Relations theorizing. In challenging a...
[This is a post-publication review symposium] The relationship between theory and practice has been ...
The 1990s were very important years because they introduced a new approach to the International Rela...
Secondly, through three fundamental statements of metatheoretical constructivism (on intersubjective...
By raising the question of what made constructivism possible the paper discusses the puzzle and prom...
(Based on parts of Chapter 11 of the author's EUI PhD Thesis, 1994.) http://hdl.handle.net/1814/513...
Adopting a reflexive, praxeological understanding of science that rejects the objectivist epistemic ...
International relations discourse post-Cold War offers more various approaches in understanding the ...
The ‘turn to practice’ has become a methodological keystone for the project of a ‘New’ Constructivis...
The digital pdf of Chapter 4 is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This collection br...
Realist/neo-realist and neo-liberal institutional approaches of international relations (IR) theory,...
Pragmatism is ever more popular amongst those who study international relations. Its emphasis on pra...
Pragmatism is ever more popular amongst those who study international relations. Its emphasis on pra...