TY - BOOK AU - McCourt,David M. TI - The new constructivism in international relations theory SN - 9781529217827 PY - 2022/// CY - Bristol, Inglaterra PB - Bristol University Press, University of Bristol KW - Relaciones internacionales KW - Filosofía KW - Política internacional KW - Enfoques teóricos KW - Identidad nacional KW - Aspectos internacionales KW - Normas internacionales KW - Influencia social KW - Constructivismo (Relaciones internacionales) N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índices; Front Cover -- The New Constructivism in International Relations Theory -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Plan of the chapter -- Constructivism in International Relations: a constructivist stocktaking -- The social life of International Relations Constructivism -- The New Constructivism: overview of the main argument -- The core features of the New Constructivism -- Why bother? -- Likely criticisms: on paradigmatic thinking and 'sociolatry' -- Moving beyond the 'isms'?91 -- Method, not madness -- Plan of the book -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The Old Constructivism -- The virtues of the Old Constructivism16 -- Culture and norms in international politics -- State identity and narrative knowing -- The narrowing of Constructivism -- The Old Constructivism's problematic dichotomies -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- 2 The New Constructivism -- Practice-relationalism: the New Constructivism -- Practice theory, relationalism and practice-relationalism -- Overcoming Constructivism's dualisms -- Russian foreign policy and the West: an illustration -- Conclusion -- 3 Rules, Law, and Language in the New Constructivism -- Introduction -- Language -- The body and the birth of the state -- Rules -- Practice, practices, and rules in international politics -- Rules all the way down -- Law -- Sovereignty between politics and law -- From the rule of law to rule through law -- Re-reading Onuf's World of Our Making -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- 4 World-Making: Experts and Professionals in the New Constructivism -- Introduction -- Beyond norm entrepreneurs and communities of practice -- Norm entrepreneurs and international political change -- Communities of practice -- Experts, expertise, and political interventions -- The peace industry -- Inventing 'terrorism' -- Diplomacy -- The counter-piracy 'assemblage' ER -