Recognition in International Relations: Rethinking a Political Concept in a Global Context [Paperback]

Recognition is a basic human need, but it is not a panacea to all societal ills. This volume assembles contributions from International Relations, Political Theory and International Law in order to show that recognition is a gradual process and an ambiguous concept both in theory and political practice.PART I: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS 1. Gradual Processes, Ambiguous Consequences: Rethinking Recognition in International Relations; Anna Geis, Caroline Fehl, Christopher Daase and Georgios Kolliarakis 2. Recognition between States? Moving beyond Identity Politics; Mattias Iser PART II: RECOGNITION AMONG STATES 3. China's Place in Four Recognition Regimes, Erik Ringmar 4. Constructing the July Crisis: The Practice of Recognition and the Making of the First World War ; Michelle Murray 5. Seeking Status Recognition Through Military Symbols: German and Indian Armament Policies Between Strategic Rationalizations and Prestige Moves; Sven-Eric Fikenscher, Lena Jaschob and Reinhard Wolf ? 6. Understanding the Puzzle of Unequal Recognition: The Case of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; Caroline Fehl PART III: RECOGNITION OF STATES AND GOVERNMENTS 7. (Non)Recognition Policies in Secession Conflicts and the Shadow of the Right of Self-Determination; Stefan Oeter 8. Reconceptualizing Recognition of States and Governments; Brad R. Roth 9. Statebuilding and the Politics of Non-Recognition; Rebecca Richards and Robert Smith 10. Recognition as a Second Order Problem in the Resolution of Self-Determination Conflicts; Georgios Kolliarakis PART IV: RECOGNITION AMONG STATES AND NON-STATE ACTORS 11. Recognition Going Awry: NGOs and the Global Rise of the Unelected; Volker M. Heins 12. Gradual Recognition: Curbing Non-State Violence in Asymmetric Conflict ; Janusz Biene and Christopher Daase 13. The Dark Side of Recognition: Mutual Exclusiveness of Passive and Active Recognition in the Middle East Conflict; Claudia Hofmann and Carolin Goerzig PART V: CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS 14. Legal PrecislC“