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Symposium ‘The politics of international recognition’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2013

Hans Agné ,
Jens Bartelson ,
Eva Erman ,
Thomas Lindemann ,
Benjamin Herborth ,
Oliver Kessler ,
Christine Chwaszcza ,
Mikulas Fabry  and
Stephen D. Krasner
Hans Agné
Affiliation:
Departement of Political Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Jens Bartelson
Affiliation:
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Eva Erman
Affiliation:
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Thomas Lindemann
Affiliation:
University of Lille, Lille, France
Benjamin Herborth
Affiliation:
Department of International Relations and International Organization, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Oliver Kessler
Affiliation:
Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany and Kyung Hee University, Korea
Christine Chwaszcza
Affiliation:
University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Mikulas Fabry
Affiliation:
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Stephen D. Krasner
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Abstract

Recognition plays a multifaceted role in international theory. In rarely communicating literatures, the term is invoked to explain creation of new states and international structures; policy choices by state and non-state actors; and normative justifiability, or lack thereof, of foreign and international politics. The purpose of this symposium is to open new possibilities for imagining and studying recognition in international politics by drawing together different strands of research in this area. More specifically, the forum brings new attention to controversies on the creation of states, which has traditionally been a preserve for discussion in International Law, by invoking social theories of recognition that have developed as part of International Relations more recently. It is suggested that broadening imagination across legal and social approaches to recognition provides the resources needed for theories with this object to be of maximal relevance to political practice.

Keywords

recognitionstatehoodinternational lawconstructivism

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International Theory , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , March 2013 , pp. 94 - 107
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013

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