Role theory and the study of Chinese foreign policy

Harnisch, Sebastian

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“…Interactionist role theory, which primarily draws on the work of social psychologist George Herbert Mead, has, over the past decades, made significant inroads into the study of change and continuity in international affairs (Aggestam, ; Beneš and Harnisch, ; Harnisch, , , , ; Herborth, ; McCourt, ). At the core of this perspective is the idea that international actors experience and express themselves in society by drawing on two intertwined aspects of agency: ‘me’ and ‘I’.…”

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“…An actor's quest to realize its imagined role in society therefore includes an aspiration to cast significant others into specific counter‐ or commensurate roles (Harnisch, , p. 54). The realization of roles, in this regard, evolves in a process of ‘alter‐casting’, which signifies an actor's attempt to persuade significant others to take up specific roles in (a certain context of) society (Harnisch, , p. 16; McCourt, , p. 380; Wendt, , pp. 329–331).…”

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Theorizing the EU's Actorness: Towards an Interactionist Role Theory Framework

Klose

2018

J of Common Market Studies

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For decades, actorness has been a much‐debated concept central to the theorization and analysis of the EU's evolution as an international actor. While this concept is often presented as a set of factors, which together shape the EU's capacity to act internationally, the literature displays a surprisingly deficient understanding of how these factors interact in the emergence of actorness. To address this gap, this article theorizes about actorness from an interactionist role theory perspective, which draws on the works of social psychologist George Herbert Mead. In building on this perspective, the article conceptualizes actorness as an entity's capacity to (re)‐imagine and realize roles for its ‘self’ in (specific contexts of) international affairs. This capacity, the approach suggests, emerges in the interplay of (social and material) resources, creative action and (domestic and external) role expectations.

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Section: Towards An Interactionist Role Theory Frameworkmentioning

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Theorizing the EU's Actorness: Towards an Interactionist Role Theory Framework

Klose

2018

J of Common Market Studies

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“…In order to operationalize learning, this thesis has utilized Arctic states' roles and role performances (Holsti, 1970;Walker 1992(in Thies, 2010bHarnisch, 2011a;Harnisch, 2015). It has viewed such performances as a combined result of states' ego and alter expectations, approaching states as not only driven by material interests or strategic power political reasoning, but as actors being attentive to their social context.…”

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“…An analysis of roles engages in studies of interaction carried out between the agent and structure (Breuning, 2011;Thies and Breuning, 2012), and by connecting self and society, identity (as in ego) and action (McCourt, 2012). Really, international roles are in themselves social structures (Harnisch, 2015). They could be separated into three different dimensions, highly affected by certain stimuli over another, which together form a behavioral regularity manifested as 'a role': role conception, role prescription, and role performance.…”

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“…Although not necessarily succeeding each other, they are in a feedback loop. Mead's interactionist approach is understood to be particularly helpful in explaining 'role-taking' within role theory 27 (Beneš and Harnisch, 2015;Harnisch, 2011bHarnisch, , 2015McCourt, 2012). An actor that enacts a role does not automatically know what is embedded in the role, and tries to grasp the content by thinking through Others in order to find the best way to have the Self represented (McCourt, 2012:378-379).…”

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State learning and role playing : international environmental cooperation in the Arctic Council

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They say a Greenland shark could live for 400 years. Apparently, the combination of cold Arctic waters and slow motions makes wonders for longevity. While writing this dissertation, one of these fascinating and giant old-timers has hung next to me. Framed, I should say. Having her peeking at me has given a much-needed perspective on time: writing a dissertation takes time, but after all not that much time. (Oh yes, I admit, more than once I have searched high and low for an end in sight.) However, the true reason for the picture on my wall is another, much more important. Imagine, there are sharks currently swimming around that swam already in the preindustrialized era. The speed and the consequences of human-induced climate change are in that comparison even more mind-boggling. For me, writing this dissertation, the Greenland shark has served as a personal memento on just that. And then, all of a sudden, this book was finished. For this, I owe many people a big thank you. First of all, I am grateful to my supervisors, Mikael Spång and Rikard Bengtsson; over the years you have untiringly guided and commented, questioned and suggested, always in a constructive and friendly manner. Mikael, my main supervisor, an additional thanks to you for not only contributing with all your clever thoughts, but for genuinely caring, on different levels, for how the work has proceeded. It has meant a lot to me. A warm thanks to

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Rising Hegemon? China’s International Ambition and the Politics of Hegemonic Ordering in Asia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Harnisch

2021

Hegemonic Transition

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Role theory and the study of Chinese foreign policy

Cited by 14 publications

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Theorizing the EU's Actorness: Towards an Interactionist Role Theory Framework

Theorizing the EU's Actorness: Towards an Interactionist Role Theory Framework

State learning and role playing : international environmental cooperation in the Arctic Council

Rising Hegemon? China’s International Ambition and the Politics of Hegemonic Ordering in Asia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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