Political Community and the North Atlantic Area: International Organization in the Light of Historical Experience

Deutsch, Karl W.

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“…In his late years, Polanyi moved towards positive prescriptions, urging the creation of 'tamed empires' able to interact peacefully (Dale 2016). The same intellectual drive can be seen in a different form in Karl Deutsch's work on what he termed security communities (Deutsch et al 1957). The basic idea is clear: a shared system of values would allow for high levels of co-operation between a set of states-the recreation of Austro-Hungary in a new guise.…”

Section: Wider Worlds Real and Imaginarymentioning

confidence: 99%

Introduction: Jewish Conditions, Theories of Nationalism

Cohen

Hall

2017

Int J Polit Cult Soc

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Thinkers with Jewish backgrounds, whether ascribed, embraced or even denied, created the central grammar used in modern attempts to understand nationalism. This introduction first describes the central dilemma faced by those with Jewish conditions when confronted by the rise of ethnonationalism. The responses to the dilemma were varied, so the bulk of this introduction describes some of the most important intellectual boundariesdoing so in such a manner as to introduce the specialist studies that then follow.

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Section: Wider Worlds Real and Imaginarymentioning

confidence: 99%

Introduction: Jewish Conditions, Theories of Nationalism

Cohen

Hall

2017

Int J Polit Cult Soc

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“…The diffusion of norms governing political interaction and institutions may also happen in regional and global intergovernmental organizations with a political rather than economic mandate; for example, the role of the UN in advancing human rights as a global norm, or the EU in promoting democratization by making it a condition for membership. 4 Deutsch et al (1968) is a seminal study detailing the effects of communication networks on the diffusion of political norms. To analyze the full spectrum of possible policy diffusion, the case studies consider bilateral collaboration between the EU and China but also their joint participation in multilateral forums.…”

Section: Developing a Diffusion Perspective On Eu-china Relationsmentioning

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EU–China Security Cooperation in Context

Kirchner

Christiansen

Dorussen

2016

Security Relations Between China and the European Union

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The paper has two main aims. First it seeks to explore whether security cooperation between the EU and China is taking place, and if so, whether it is evenly spread across a number of security dimensions. Second it intends to investigate the underlying motives or drivers that either facilitate or inhibit EU-China security cooperation. Further, it will explain why the EU rather than EU member states is chosen as the unit of analysis, explore the development of EU-China security relations, and illustrate how historical legacies, identity aspects and differences over key issues, such as sovereignty and territorial integrity, affect EU-China security relations. In addition, it will deal with the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of the study on EU-China security relations, paying particular emphasis to the concepts of diffusion and convergence. Whether or not EU-China security cooperation converges in one of the ten chosen security dimensions will be assessed by the degree of policy conformity the EU and China are able (or unable) to obtain with regard to threat perceptions and policy response thereto. Attention will be devoted to diffusion factors which can affect changes in the perception of threats and response thereof. Among these factors are changes in (geo-political) structure, interests and norms. A further objective of the paper will be to explore whether policy convergence on threat perceptions and response thereto might be a precondition for joint action, or whether practical cooperation can take place without prior policy convergence between the EU and China. The paper will round off with a short section introducing the security dimensions that are being examined in the more detailed study on which this paper is based.

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“…The Transatlantic Community -as the quintessential example of a robust "security community" -is often considered to be the protector and cultivator of Western civilization. Indeed, NATO has long held the promise, at least for some, of reaping the dividends of a "democratic peace" in international affairs (Deutsch et al, 1957). In turn, the nerve centre of the community has often been understood to reside in the "special relationship" between Britain and the US (Danchev, 1996), with NATO and the OEEC (now OECD) constituting its military and economic sinews.…”

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Beyond hypocrisy? Debating the ‘fact’ and ‘value’ of sovereignty in contemporary world politics

Lawson

Shilliam

2009

Int Polit

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It is no exaggeration to say that sovereignty is the foundation both of International Relations (IR) as a field of enquiry and of international politics as an "actual existing" field of practice. Whether seen as the archetypal IR101 topic or in debates about the rights and wrongs of humanitarian intervention, the capacity of international organisations to exert control over significant spheres of international politics, or in discussions about the legitimacy of bodies such as the International Criminal Court (ICC), sovereignty appears as the central referent point of international politics. Over recent years, however, there has been considerable debate over both the substantive content ("fact") and normative framing ("value") of sovereignty. The former comes about as a result of a series of political, economic and security challenges which see states as assuming a role as "one-amongst-many" in an increasingly complex international topography; the latter stems from concerns about whether national states form the optimal site for the articulation of authority claims. This forum engages with both of these debates, focusing on how they relate to understandings of the emergence, development and possible emasculation of sovereignty in the contemporary world. In the introduction to the forum, we outline the ways in which scholars have contested the emergence of the sovereign state and examine the ethical issues surrounding the normative value of this form of rule. In the process, we lay out the ways in which the papers which make up this forum make uncomfortable, if important, contributions to the debate about the fact and value -or "is" and "ought" -of sovereignty in contemporary world politics. It is no exaggeration to say that sovereignty is the foundation both of International Relations (IR) as a field of enquiry and of international politics as an "actual existing" field of practice. For the former, sovereignty is the archetypal IR101 topic. Students entering the subject are informed that sovereignty emerged in Europe sometime around the mid seventeenth century before being exported to the rest of the world, often by force of arms, over the next few centuries. There may be disagreement over sovereignty's precise point of origin (cf. Keywords Sovereignty, historical sociology, political theory, international politics Contact details

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Political Community and the North Atlantic Area: International Organization in the Light of Historical Experience

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Introduction: Jewish Conditions, Theories of Nationalism

Introduction: Jewish Conditions, Theories of Nationalism

EU–China Security Cooperation in Context

Beyond hypocrisy? Debating the ‘fact’ and ‘value’ of sovereignty in contemporary world politics

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