Recognition in International Relations

1. Front Matter

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2. Conceptual Foundations

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Gradual Processes, Ambiguous Consequences: Rethinking Recognition in International Relations

      • Anna Geis, Caroline Fehl, Christopher Daase, Georgios Kolliarakis

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   3. Recognition between States? Moving beyond Identity Politics

      • Mattias Iser

      Pages 27-45

3. Recognition among States

   1. Front Matter

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   2. China’s Place in Four Recognition Regimes

      • Erik Ringmar

      Pages 49-67

   3. Constructing the July Crisis: The Practice of Recognition and the Making of the First World War

      • Michelle Murray

      Pages 68-85

   4. Seeking Status Recognition through Military Symbols: German and Indian Armament Policies between Strategic Rationalizations and Prestige Motives

      • Sven-Eric Fikenscher, Lena Jaschob, Reinhard Wolf

      Pages 86-103

   5. Understanding the Puzzle of Unequal Recognition: The Case of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

      • Caroline Fehl

      Pages 104-122

4. Recognition of States and Governments

   1. Front Matter

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   2. (Non-)Recognition Policies in Secession Conflicts and the Shadow of the Right of Self-Determination

      • Stefan Oeter

      Pages 125-140

   3. Reconceptualizing Recognition of States and Governments

      • Brad R. Roth

      Pages 141-161

   4. Statebuilding and the Politics of Non-Recognition

      • Rebecca Richards, Robert Smith

      Pages 162-177

   5. Recognition as a Second-Order Problem in the Resolution of Self-Determination Conflicts

      • Georgios Kolliarakis

      Pages 178-196

5. Recognition among States and Non-State Actors

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Recognition Going Awry: NGOs and the Global Rise of the Unelected

      • Volker M. Heins

      Pages 199-219

   3. Gradual Recognition: Curbing Non-State Violence in Asymmetric Conflict

      • Janusz Biene, Christopher Daase

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   4. The Dark Side of Recognition: Mutual Exclusiveness of Passive and Active Recognition in the Middle East Conflict

      • Carolin Goerzig, Claudia Hofmann

      Pages 237-247

6. Concluding Reflections

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Legal Precision or Fuzzy Feelings? A Diplomatic Comment on Recognition Studies

      • Alyson J. K. Bailes

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Recognition is a basic human need, but it is not a panacea to all societal ills. This volume assembles contributions from International Relations, Political Theory and International Law in order to show that recognition is a gradual process and an ambiguous concept both in theory and political practice.

• conflict
• conflicts
• government
• international relations
• Non-Proliferation
• nuclear non-proliferation
• political theory
• violence

• Goethe University Frankfurt and Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany

  Christopher Daase

• Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany

  Caroline Fehl

• University of Magdeburg, Germany

  Anna Geis

• Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

  Georgios Kolliarakis

Alyson J. K. Bailes, University of Iceland, Iceland Janusz Biene, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany Sven-Eric Fikenscher, John F. Kennedy School of Government, United States Carolin Goerzig, Virginia Commonwealth University, United States Volker M. Heins, Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI), Germany Claudia Hofmann, American University in Washington D.C., United States Mattias Iser, Binghamton University, United States Lena Jaschob, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany Michelle Murray, Bard College, United States Stefan Oeter, University of Hamburg Law School, Germany Nicholas Onuf, Florida International University, United States Rebecca Richards, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Erik Ringmar, Lund University, Sweden Brad R. Roth, Wayne State University, United States Robert Smith, Coventry University, United Kingdom Reinhard Wolf, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

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