Constructivist Security Studies: Portrait of a Research Program

Farrell, Theo

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“…2 It is recognized that both neorealist and pluralist explanations of military isomorphism share a rationalist foundation; see Farrell (2005). 3 The convergence of culturalist and constructivist themes is in line with Farrell's (2002a) call for a coherent cultural/constructivist research programme.…”

Section: The Shortcomings Of a Rationalist Approachmentioning

confidence: 96%

The Security Imaginary: Explaining Military Isomorphism

Pretorius

2008

Security Dialogue

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This article proposes the notion of a security imaginary as a heuristic tool for exploring military isomorphism (the phenomenon that weapons and military strategies begin to look the same across the world) at a time when the US model of defence transformation is being adopted by an increasing number of countries. Built on a critical constructivist foundation, the security-imaginary approach is contrasted with rationalist and neoinstitutionalist ways of explaining military diffusion and emulation. Merging cultural and constructivist themes, the article offers a 'strong cultural' argument to explain why a country would emulate a foreign military model and how this model is constituted in and comes to constitute a society's security imaginary.

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Section: The Shortcomings Of a Rationalist Approachmentioning

confidence: 96%

The Security Imaginary: Explaining Military Isomorphism

Pretorius

2008

Security Dialogue

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“…This sets aside norms, and not just material interests, to comprise a state"s identity. 43 It can be argued, from a realist perspective, that norms fall short of the necessary clout to triumph on international issues, but from a more constructivist point of view, the US can use material power to pursue specific norms within the Security Council. Therefore, China"s material power did not trump normative considerations categorically; to some extent, the US, Britain and France failed to push for stringent measures against Sudan"s contravention of international human rights norms.…”

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Post-Cold War Military Intervention in Africa

Ramuhala¹

2011

Sci.Mil.

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Military intervention remains controversial both when it happens and when it fails to happen. Since the end of the Cold War, military intervention has attracted much scholarly interest, and it was demonstrated that several instances of the use of force or the threat to use force without Security Council endorsement were acceptable and necessary. Matters of national sovereignty remain the fundamental principle on which the international order was founded since the Treaty of Westphalia. Territorial integrity of states and non-interference in their domestic affair, continue to be the foundation of international law, codified by the United Nations Charter, and one of the international community"s decisive factors in choosing between intervention and non-intervention. Nevertheless, since the end of the Cold War, matters of sovereignty and non-interference have been challenged by the emergent human rights discourse amidst genocide and war crimes. The aim of this article is to explain the extent to which military intervention in Africa has evolved since the end of the Cold War in terms of theory, practice and the way military intervention unfolded upon the African continent. This will be achieved by focusing on both successful and unsuccessful cases of military intervention in Africa. The unsuccessful cases include Somalia in 1992, Rwanda in 1994 and Darfur in 2003 on the one hand, and the successful cases being Sierra Leone in 2000 and the Comoros in 2008 on the other. While the unsuccessful cases attracted much scholarly attention and controversy, given their prolonged nature and difficulty in terms of conclusion, successful cases were short in terms of time and attracted little scholarly attention and controversy.

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“…The merger of culturalism and constructivism allows us to "view actors and structure much differently than the rationalist approaches to international relations…locating actors in a social structure that both constitutes those actors and is constituted by their interactions. [24] But he does allow that differences in focus remain, with culturalists attending to social structures defined by domestic actors and conditions, and constructivists focusing on the social structure of state action in the international system.…”

Section: Strategic Culture Rediscovered: the Rise Of Constructivismmentioning

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Strategic Culture: From Clausewitz to Constructivism

Lantis¹

2009

Strategic Culture and Weapons of Mass Destruction

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Constructivist Security Studies: Portrait of a Research Program

Cited by 92 publications

References 27 publications

The Security Imaginary: Explaining Military Isomorphism

The Security Imaginary: Explaining Military Isomorphism

Post-Cold War Military Intervention in Africa

Strategic Culture: From Clausewitz to Constructivism

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