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Book SynopsisThe central aim of this book is to foster connections between scholarly discussions of German foreign policy and broader theoretical debates in International Relations and beyond. While there has been a lively discussion about new German foreign policy', this book argues that it has not engaged substantially with international and foreign policy theory, especially with respect to its more recent developments.
Reviewing the recent literature on German foreign policy, this book posits that the most discussed works are still largely provided by the Altmeister' (Maull, Szabo, Bulmer and Paterson) who were already dominating the field a quarter of a century ago. While there is a general decline in the academic study of German foreign policy, the chapters in this edited volume show that a range of novel, theoretically sophisticated but often disconnected scholarship has appeared on the margins. This book contributes to this emerging work by providing conceptual interrogations, whic
Table of Contents
Introduction: International Theory and German Foreign Policy 1. Germany as a Dividual Actor: Competing Social Logics and their Political Articulations 2. Welche Macht darf es denn sein? Tracing ‘Power’ in German Foreign Policy Discourse 3. Beyond Culture and Power: The Role of Party Ideologies in German Foreign and Security Policy 4. Leader of the ‘Free World’? Studying German Foreign Policy by Means of External Attributions 5. The Enduring Culture of Restraint in Modern Germany: German Mentalités on the Use of Force as Portrayed in Contemporary Television Narratives 6. Poliheuristic Theory and Germany’s (Non-)Participation in Multinational Military Interventions. The Non-compensatory Principle, Coalition Politics and Political Survival 7. The Challenge of Creating an Adaptive Bundeswehr Conclusion: German Foreign Policy in the (post-)Corona World
