▪ Abstract Constructivism is an approach to social analysis that deals with the role of human
consciousness in social life. It asserts that human interaction is shaped primarily by …

Commitments are a persistent feature of international affairs. Disagreement over the effect of
international commitments and the causes of compliance with them is equally persistent. Yet …

As International Organization commemorates its seventy-fifth anniversary, the Liberal
International Order (LIO) that authors in this journal have long analyzed is under challenge …

A sweeping account of the rise and evolution of liberal internationalism in the modern era
For two hundred years, the grand project of liberal internationalism has been to build a world …

This book presents a challenge to the discipline of international relations (IR) to rethink itself,
in the light of both its own modern origins, and the two centuries of world history that have …

Culture matters in social theory construction because the metaphysical component of the
theoretical hard core is primarily shaped by the background knowledge of a cultural …

Why do international organizations (IOs) look so different, yet so similar? The possibilities
are diverse. Some international organizations have just a few member states, while others …

The introduction develops this special issue's main research question: under which
conditions are challenges to norms likely to decrease their robustness? The issue presents …

Acclaimed scholar Kathryn Sikkink examines the important and controversial new trend of
holding political leaders criminally accountable for human rights violations. Grawemeyer …

In this chapter, students will learn about constructivist approaches to security. Constructivism
has become an increasingly prominent theoretical approach to International Relations since …