Change and continuity in post-unification German foreign policy

Harnisch, Sebastian

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“…The high point of the use of statistical analysis in this literature was probably reached with Walker's (1987a) edited volume and his subsequent work. Subsequent studies by other scholars have moved either to simple descriptive statistics (e.g., Le Prestre, 1997a;Trondl, 2001;Chafetz et al, 1996;Catalinac, 2007) or to qualitative analysis (e.g., Shih, 1988;Tewes, 1998;Harnisch, 2001;Adigbuo, 2007;Chafetz, 1996/97;Chotard, 1997;Ghose and James, 2005). The qualitative methods used in the latter do not seem to have offered any particular methodological innovation to the analysis of role concepts.…”

Section: The Explanatory Value Of Role Theory For Foreign Policy Analmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other analysts focus on a smaller number of specific roles to explore in depth (e.g., Breuning, 2005;Bukovansky, 1997;Chafetz, 1996/97;Tewes, 1998;Cronin, 2001;Harnisch, 2001;Barnett, 1993;Trondl, 2001;Aggestam, 2004;Ghose and James, 2005;Catalinac, 2007).…”

Section: The Descriptive Conceptual Language Of Role Theorymentioning

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“…German policymakers attempted to resolve that role conflict by first denying there was conflict between deepening and widening, then attempting to keep the two roles separate (role segregation), and finally by trying to merge the two roles (role merger). Harnisch (2001) attempts to explain German foreign policy in the aftermath of unification. While prevailing theories argue that shifts in the international distribution of power or the degree of institutional embeddedness are responsible for German foreign policy, Harnisch argues that it is really the stability of foreign policy culture that is responsible as a result of German identity and national role conceptions.…”

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“…Most foreign policy studies focus on achieved roles, as they are often the subject of foreign policy choices. Some analyze types of ascribed roles, such as the civilian power role for Germany (Harnisch, 2001) or the pacifist role for Japan (Catalinac, 2007).…”

Section: The Descriptive Conceptual Language Of Role Theorymentioning

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Role Theory and Foreign Policy

Thies¹

2017

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies

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Role theory is an approach to the study of foreign policy that developed in the interdisciplinary field of social psychology and can be appropriately applied at the individual, state, and system level analyses. Role theory, which first attracted attention in the foreign policy literature after the publication of K. J. Holsti’s 1970 study of national role conception, does not refer to a single theory, but rather a family of theories, an approach, or perspective that begins with the concept of role as central to social life. The major independent variables in the study of roles include role expectations, role demands, role location, and audience effects (including cues). In addition, role theory contains its own model of social identity based on three crucial dimensions: status, value, and involvement. The 1987 publication of Stephen G. Walker’s edited volume, Role Theory and Foreign Policy Analysis, set the stage for further advances in the use of role theory in both the fields of foreign policy and international relations. According to Walker, role theory has a rich language of descriptive concepts, the organizational potential to bridge levels of analyses, and numerous explanatory advantages. This makes role theory an extremely valuable approach to foreign policy analysis. Role theory also offers a way of bringing greater integration between foreign policy analysis and international relations, especially through constructivist meta-theory.

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Section: The Explanatory Value Of Role Theory For Foreign Policy Analmentioning

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Section: The Descriptive Conceptual Language Of Role Theorymentioning

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Role Theory and Foreign Policy

Thies¹

2017

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies

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“…This stands in the context of the ongoing political and academic debate about change and continuity in post-unification German foreign policy and about possible shifts in Germany's domestic foreign policy debate. 1 Bilateral relationships are a key dimension of a country's foreign policy as well as important building blocks of international politics and global governance. 2 The media salience of such relationships, in turn, speaks to the significance attached to them in domestic political debates.…”

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The Media Salience of Germany's Bilateral Relations to the United States, France and Britain

Oppermann¹,

Viehrig²

2016

German Politics

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This article provides a comparative analysis of the salience of Germany's bilateral relations to the United States, France and Britain in the German media since the end of the Cold War.It offers a media content frequency analysis which identifies long-term similarities and differences in media reporting across the three relationships as well as short-term upswings of media interest in each of them individually. This is relevant because the media salience of bilateral relations is a measure of their underpinnings in public discourse and speaks to the significance of domestic drivers in conducting such relationships.

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German Foreign Policy

Mello

2021

Foreign Policy Change in Europe Since 1991

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Change and continuity in post-unification German foreign policy

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Role Theory and Foreign Policy

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