TY - BOOK AU - Adler,Emanuel TI - Communitarian international relations: the epistemic foundations of international relations T2 - The new international relations SN - 0415335906 (hardback) AV - JZ1318 .A33 2005 U1 - 327.101 22 PY - 2005/// CY - London, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - International relations KW - Philosophy KW - Communitarianism KW - Constructivism (Philosophy) N1 - 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 N2 - "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 This book - a selection of his journal publications, a substantial new introduction and three previously unpublished articles - points IR constructivism in a novel direction, characterized as 'communitarian'."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 ER -