Concepts at Work: On the Linguistic Infrastructure of World Politics

Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction-Piki Ish-Shalom
Chapter 2. Talking about Self-Determination: Contested Conceptions and Political Implications of an Undisputed Concept-Jonas Wolff
Chapter 3. The Concept of Success in (and of) War-Brent J. Steele and Luke Campbell
Chapter 4. The Ambivalence of (Not) Being in a “War”: The “Civilian Power” Germany and the “Stabilization Operation” in Afghanistan-Anna Geis
Chapter 5. Encountering Nomads in Israel Defense Forces and Beyond-Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard
Chapter 6. Political Concepts and Vagueness: Cyberattacks in the Israeli Political Discourse-Neta Strunin-Kremer
Chapter 7. Shifting Tides: The Blue Economy and Concepts in Practice-Christian Bueger
Chapter 8. Enabling Critique: The Use of “Friendship” in German-Israeli Relations-Felix Berenskötter
Chapter 9. The Conceptual Virtues of the International Community as an Empty Signifier-Mor Mitrani
Chapter 10. Concluding Chapter: Concepts at Work in Global IR-Jan Wilkens and Oliver Kessler
Contributors
Index