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Previous constructivist works have investigated the temporal contingency of state sovereignty, neglecting the spatial contingency of this concept. This book shows how the meaning of state sovereignty was constituted differently in the case of the intervention in Kosovo and the case of non-intervention in Algeria in the late 1990s.

Offers a detailed account of how to use discourse analysis to study foreign policy. Divided into two parts, this book provides a poststructuralist theory of the relationship between identity and foreign policy and an in-depth discussion of the methodology of discourse analysis. It is suitable for students and scholars of international relations.

The authors use a wide range of case studies to explore the ways in which people in different societies at different times perceived and felt about war and peace in the world around them.

This book explores whether and how IR theory may be used by policy-makers to change the world. It critically examines a variety approaches within international relations and offers a novel conventional-causal alternative.

This volume discusses Africa's place in the international system, examining how the Westphalian system, continues to play a major role in the structuring of Africa's international relations.

Examines the role of culture in contemporary security policies, providing a critical overview of the ways in which culture has been theorized in security studies. This volume also attempts to develop a theoretical framework that stresses the relationship between culture, power, security and strategy.

This text seeks to offer a general interpretation and critique of both methodolgical and substantive aspects of International theory. It focuses intially on the "problem of order" in international politics, and traces responses to the problem.

Analyses and investigates the processes of securitization, and the details of migration, asylum and refuge in the post 9/11 European Union.

Presents an introduction to the existence and relevance of European approaches to IR theory and sets an agenda for the progressive development of a 'Eurodiscipline' of IR studies.

Addresses both Wendt's social theory and international relations theory, exploring a variety of constructivist debates without reducing constructivism to one single position.