The newest “new institutionalism,” discursive institutionalism, lends insight into the role of
ideas and discourse in politics while providing a more dynamic approach to institutional …

Social scientists have sketched four distinct theories to explain a phenomenon that appears
to have ramped up in recent years, the diffusion of policies across countries. Constructivists …

Rethinking Private Authority examines the role of non-state actors in global environmental
politics, arguing that a fuller understanding of their role requires a new way of …

The 'new institutionalism'is a term that now appears with growing frequency in political
science. However, there is considerable confusion about just what the 'new …

Norms have never been absent from the study of international politics, but the swee**
“ideational turn” in the 1980s and 1990s brought them back as a central theoretical concern …

Political scientists have long classified systems of government as parliamentary or
presidential, two-party or multiparty, and so on. But such distinctions often fail to provide …

The history of international political orders is written in terms of continuity and change in
domestic and international political relations. As a step toward understanding such …

IA challenger to the continuing dominance of neorealism and neoliberal institutionalism in
the study of international relations in the United States, constructivism is regarded with a …

I n his usual direct way, John J. Mearsheimer has sharpened the theoretical issues dividing
realist from institutionalist theory, and for this service we are grateful. We are also pleased …

States use formal international organizations (IOs) to manage both their everyday
interactions and more dramatic episodes, including international conflicts. Yet, contemporary …