Communitarian international relations : the epistemic foundations of international relations / Emanuel Adler.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Communities of practice in international relations -- 2. From being to becoming : cognitive evolution and a theory of non-equilibrium in international relations -- 3. Cognitive evolution : a dynamic approach for the study of international relations and their progress -- 4. Seizing the middle ground : constructivism in world politics -- 5. Ideological 'guerrillas' and the quest for technological autonomy : Brazil's domestic computer industry -- 6. The emergence of cooperation : national epistemic communities and the international evolution of the idea of nuclear arms control -- 7. Imagined (security) communities : cognitive regions in international relations -- 8. Condition(s) of peace -- 9. A Mediterranean canon and an Israeli prelude to long-term peace -- 10. Changing identities : the road to peace.

"In Emanuel Adler's distinctive constructivist approach to International Relations theory, international practices evolve in tandem with collective knowledge of the material and social worlds. This book - a selection of his journal publications, a substantial new introduction and three previously unpublished articles - points IR constructivism in a novel direction, characterized as 'communitarian'." "This book will be of interest to students and scholars in International Relations theory and particularly those interested in constructivism."--BOOK JACKET.