Brent J Steele - Tactical Constructivism as Methods: Expression and Reflection

This is a book on methods, how scholars embody them and how working within, from or against Constructivism has shaped that use and embodiment.

A vibrant cross-section of contributors write of interdisciplinary encounters, first interactions with the discipline of International Relations, discuss engagements in different techniques and tactics, and of pursuing different methods ranging from ethnographic to computer simulations, from sociology to philosophy and history. Presenting a range of voices, many constructivist, some outside and even critical of Constructivism, the volume shows methods as useful tools for approaching research and political positions in International Relations, while also containing contingent, inexact, unexpected, and even surprising qualities for opening further research. It gives a rich account of how the discipline was transformed in the 1990s and early 2000s, and how this shaped careers, positions and interactions.

It will be of interest to both students and scholars of methods and theory in International Relations and global politics.

Brent J. Steele is Francis D. Wormuth Presidential Chair and Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah, USA.

Harry D. Gould is Associate Professor of International Relations at Florida International University, USA.

Oliver Kessler is Associate Professor at the University of Erfurt, Germany.

New International Relations

The field of international relations has changed dramatically in recent years. This new series will cover the major issues that have emerged and reflect thelatest academic thinking in this particular dynamic area.

Edited by Richard Little, University of Bristol, Iver B. Neumann, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway and Jutta Weldes, Universityof Bristol.

Coercive Sanctions and International Conflicts

A Sociological Theory

Mark Daniel Jaeger

Security, Defense Discourse and Identity in NATO and Europe

How France Changed Foreign Policy

Falk Ostermann

Special Relationships in World Politics

Inter-state Friendship and Diplomacy after the Second World War

Kristin Haugevik

Kinship in International Relations

Edited by Kristin Haugevik and Iver B. Neumann

Small States and Shelter Theory

Icelands External Affairs

Baldur Thorhallsson

The Use of Force under International Law

Lawyerized States in a Legalized World

Fernando G. Nuez-Mietz

Discourse and Affect in Foreign Policy

Germany and the Iraq War

Jakub Eberle

Tactical Constructivism, Method, and International Relations

Edited by Brent J. Steele, Harry D. Gould and Oliver Kessler

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Jack Amoureux is a Teacher/Scholar postdoctoral fellow at Wake Forest University. His areas of interest include ethics in world politics, security and US foreign policy, global governance, and international relations theories. He also specializes in the theory and scholarship of Aristotle, Hannah Arendt, and Michel Foucault.

Alexander D. Barder is Associate Professor of International Relations at Florida International University, USA.

Benjamin de Carvalho is a senior research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. His research interests have, broadly speaking, been between three areas: (i) historical international relations, (ii) UN peacekeeping, and (iii) status in international relations.

M. L. deRaismes Combes is an adjunct professor at George Washington University and American University, USA.

Anne-Marie DAoust is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Universit du Qubec Montral (UQAM), Canada.

Jamie Frueh is Professor of Global Politics and Director of the Center for Engaged Learning at Bridgewater College, USA.

Harry D. Gould is Associate Professor of International Relations at Florida International University, USA.

Piki Ish-Shalom is the A. Ephraim and Shirley Diamond Family Chair in International Relations and Associate Professor at Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel.

Oliver Kessler is Associate Professor at the University of Erfurt, Germany.

Xymena Kurowska is Associate Professor at Central European University, Hungary.

Halvard Leira is a senior research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. His main areas of research are foreign policy and diplomacy, with a special emphasis on the Norwegian varieties. He also has a long-standing research interest in historical international relations, and international thought.

Cecelia Lynch is Professor of Political Science at the University of California-Irvine, USA.

David M. McCourt is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California-Davis, USA.

Nicholas Onuf is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Florida International University, USA.

Hannes Peltonen is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Tampere, Finland.

Marcos S. Scauso is a Research Fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, USA.

Amy Skonieczny is an Associate Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University, USA.

Brent J. Steele is Francis D. Wormuth Presidential Chair and Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah, USA.

Jelena Subotic is Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University, USA.

Jeremy Youde is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Australian National University, Australia.