Recognition in International Relations: Rethinking a Political Concept in a Global Context

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Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Gradual Processes, Ambiguous Consequences: Rethinking Recognition in International Relations....Pages 3-26
Recognition between States? Moving beyond Identity Politics....Pages 27-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
China’s Place in Four Recognition Regimes....Pages 49-67
Constructing the July Crisis: The Practice of Recognition and the Making of the First World War....Pages 68-85
Seeking Status Recognition through Military Symbols: German and Indian Armament Policies between Strategic Rationalizations and Prestige Motives....Pages 86-103
Understanding the Puzzle of Unequal Recognition: The Case of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty....Pages 104-122
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(Non-)Recognition Policies in Secession Conflicts and the Shadow of the Right of Self-Determination....Pages 125-140
Reconceptualizing Recognition of States and Governments....Pages 141-161
Statebuilding and the Politics of Non-Recognition....Pages 162-177
Recognition as a Second-Order Problem in the Resolution of Self-Determination Conflicts....Pages 178-196
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Recognition Going Awry: NGOs and the Global Rise of the Unelected....Pages 199-219
Gradual Recognition: Curbing Non-State Violence in Asymmetric Conflict....Pages 220-236
The Dark Side of Recognition: Mutual Exclusiveness of Passive and Active Recognition in the Middle East Conflict....Pages 237-247
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Legal Precision or Fuzzy Feelings? A Diplomatic Comment on Recognition Studies....Pages 251-264
Acts of Recognition, Shades of Respect....Pages 265-278
Back Matter....Pages 279-284