The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World Politics

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Peter J. Katzenstein
Columbia University Press, 1996 - History - 562 pages
Table of Contents One: Introduction: Alternative Perspectives on National Security, by Peter J. KatzensteinTwo: Norms, Identity, and Culture in National Security, by Ronald L. Jepperson, Alexander Wendt, and Peter J. KatzensteinI. Norms and National SecurityThree: Status, Norms, and the Proliferation of Conventional Weapons: An Institutional Theory Approach, by Dana P. Eyre and Mark C. SuchmanFour: Norms and Deterrence: The Nuclear and Chemical Weapons Taboos, by Richard Price and Nina TannenwaldFive: Constructing Norms of Humanitarian Intervention, by Martha FinnemoreSix: Culture and French Military Doctrine Before World War II, by Elizabeth KierSeven: Cultural Realism and Strategy in Maoist China, by Alastair Iain JohnstonII. Identity and National SecurityEight: Identity, Norms, and National Security: The Soviet Foreign Policy Revolution and the End of the Cold War, by Robert G. HermanNine: Norms, Identity, and National Security in Germany and Japan, by Thomas U. BergerTen: Collective Identity in a Democratic Community: The Case of NATO, by Thomas Risse-KappenEleven: Identity and Alliances in the Middle East, by Michael N. BarnettIII. Implications and ConclusionsTwelve: Norms, Identity, and Their Limits: A Theoretical Reprise, by Paul Kowert and Jeffrey LegroThirteen: Conclusion: National Security in a Changing World, by Peter J. Katzenstein.
 

Contents

Introduction Alternative Perspectives on National Security
1
Why Traditional National Security Issues?
7
Existing Analytical Perspectives
11
CulturalInstitutional Context and Political Identity
17
Why Bother?
26
Norms Identity and Culture in National Security
33
Analytical Context
37
Theoretical Perspectives
42
Strategic Preference Rankings
248
Chinese Conflict Behavior
251
Problems of Analysis
256
Identity and National Security
269
Identity Norms and National Security The Soviet Foreign Policy Revolution and the End of the Cold War
271
Realist and Liberal Explanations
276
An Ideas and Identity Framework
283
The Empirical Case
288

Arguments
52
Methodological and Metatheoretic Matters
65
Extension and Conclusion
72
Norms and National Security
77
Status Norms and the Proliferation of Conventional Weapons An Institutional Theory Approach
79
Standard Explanations for the Proliferation of Weaponry
82
Obligatory Action and an Institutional Theory of Weapons Proliferation
86
Hypotheses
98
Research Design Data and Methods of Analysis
100
Results
104
Norms and Deterrence The Nuclear and Chemical Weapons Taboos
114
The Social Construction of Deterrence
116
The Chemical Weapons Taboo
126
The Nonuse of Nuclear Weapons
134
Norms Constructivism and Explanation
143
Constructing Norms of Humanitarian Intervention
153
Using Norms to Understand International Politics
156
Humanitarian Intervention in the Nineteenth Century
161
The Expansion of Humanity and Sovereignty
170
Humanitarian Intervention Since 1945
175
Culture and French Military Doctrine Before World War II
186
Alternative Explanations
188
The Cultural Roots of Doctrinal Decisions
200
The Cultural Roots of French Doctrine
204
Cultural Realism and Strategy in Maoist China
216
Why China?
218
Some Conceptual and Methodological Issues
221
The Maoist Central Paradigm
229
Back to the Future?
311
Norms Identity and National Security in Germany and Japan
317
Deficiencies of Structural Accounts
319
The Concept of PoliticalMilitary Culture
325
The Origins of the New PoliticalMilitary Cultures
329
The Evolution of the Two PoliticalMilitary Cultures
338
The Evolution of German and Japanese Security Policies
345
Collective Identity in a Democratic Community The Case of NATO
357
Theorizing About Alliances
359
A Liberal Interpretation of the Transatlantic Security Community The Origins of NATO
372
How Unique Is NATO?
397
Identity and Alliances in the Middle East
400
Identity and Alliance Formation
403
Identity and Alliances in Arab Politics
413
USIsraeli Relations
432
Implications and Conclusion
449
Norms Identity and Their Limits A Theoretical Reprise
451
How Norms Matter
454
The Sources of Norms
469
Challenges in the Study of Norms
483
Conclusion National Security in a Changing World
498
Realism and Liberalism
500
Summary and Extensions
505
Going Beyond Traditional National Security Studies
523
America in a Changing World
528
Index
539
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