Cultures of Order

Paul A. Kowert, Katja Weber

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Cultures of Order explores how Germany and Japan each struggled to define an appropriate role for themselves in the postwar international order. In Germany, proponents of institutional constraint fought and generally prevailed over those who stressed national rights. This pattern continued even as Germany achieved unification at the end of the Cold War. In Japan, however, the national rights strategy was more successful, and Japanese leaders have been less willing than their German counterparts to predicate international order on commitment to an emergent institutional framework. In both cases, the choices made by leaders were critical, despite the constraints under which they operated. In this book the authors utilize a constructivist theory of order, emphasizing the distinctive ways language works to normative effect, to explain these debates and how they have contributed to two very different "cultures of order."
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1. Introduction

Order in International Relations
A German Debate Contributions of Constructivism
Overview of the Book

2. Language and the Problem of Order

Constructing Order
Towards a New European Order
Conclusion

3. The Westpolitik Debate

Adenauer and Institutional Constraint Schumacher and National Rights
The Westpolitik Debate
Conclusion

4. The Ostpolitik Debate

Kiesinger and State Rights
Brandt and Institutional Expansion
The Ostpolitik Debate
Conclusion

5. The Deutschlandpolitik Debate

Kohl and Institutional Achievement Lafontaine and European Rights
The Deutschlandpolitik Debate Conclusion

6. Japan and the Problem of Order

Yoshida and the Path from Realism to Rights
Order and the Yoshida Doctrine
A Debate Foreclosed
Conclusion

7. Conclusion

The New World Order in Germany
Constructing Order, Constructivist Theory

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Sujets

• International relations
• History of Asia
• History of Europe
• Japan
• Germany

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• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 16 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791479483
• Langue: English

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Cultures of Order

Leadership, Language, and Social Reconstruction in Germany and Japan

Katja Weber and Paul A. Kowert

Cultures of Order

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Cultures of Order Leadership, Language, and Social Reconstruction in Germany and Japan

Katja Weber Paul A. Kowert

S U N Y P TATE NIVERSITY OF EW ORK RESS

Cover photographs of Konrad Adenauer, Kurt Kiesinger, and Helmut Kohl courtesy of the Archiv fuer Christlich-Demokratische Politik/Konrad- Adenauer-Stiftung; cover photographs of Kurt Schumacher, Willy Brandt, and Oskar Lafontaine courtesy of the Archiv der Sozialen Demokratie/Friedrich- Ebert-Stiftung; cover photograph of Shigeru Yoshida produced by the National Park Service, courtesy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library.

Portions of chapters 1, 2, and 3 are adapted from Katja Weber and Paul A. Kowert “Language, Rules, and Order: TheWestpolitikDebate of Adenauer and Schumacher,” in LANGUAGE, AGENCY, AND POLITICS IN A CON- STRUCTED WORLD, ed. Francois Debrix (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2003). Copyright © 2003 by M. E. Sharpe, Inc. Used by permission.

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Weber, Katja, 1959– Cultures of order : leadership, language, and social reconstruction in Germany and Japan / Katja Weber, Paul A. Kowert. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7914-7211-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Political leadership—Germany—History—20th century. 2. Political leadership—Japan—History—20th century. 3. International relations. I. Kowert, Paul A. II. Title.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Order in International Relations A German Debate Contributions of Constructivism Overview of the Book

Chapter 2 Language and the Problem of Order Constructing Order Towards a New European Order Conclusion

Chapter 3 TheWestpolitikDebate Adenauer and Institutional Constraint Schumacher and National Rights TheWestpolitikDebate Conclusion

Chapter 4 TheOstpolitikDebate Kiesinger and State Rights Brandt and Institutional Expansion TheOstpolitikDebate Conclusion

Chapter 5 TheDeutschlandpolitikDebate Kohl and Institutional Achievement Lafontaine and European Rights TheDeutschlandpolitikDebate Conclusion

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Chapter 6 Japan and the Problem of Order Yoshida and the Path from Realism to Rights Order and the Yoshida Doctrine A Debate Foreclosed Conclusion

Chapter 7 Conclusion The New World Order in Germany Constructing Order, Constructivist Theory

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Over the several years we spent writing this book, we benefited enor- mously from the critical advice and support of many colleagues and friends. Our greatest debt is to Nicholas Onuf, whose work is a start- ing point for our own and who offered splendid, perceptive critiques of each chapter as well as intellectual and moral support throughout. For his friendship and his help, we are deeply grateful. Many other scholars have lent a critical ear to improve this manuscript. We are indebted to François Debrix, Ted Hopf, Harry Gould, Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, Peter Katzenstein, Tahseen Kazi, Audie Klotz, Deborah Larson, Mohiaddin Mesbahi, Andrew Moravcsik, Randall Newnham, David Patton, Thomas Risse, James Sperling, Masaru Tamamoto, Cameron Thies, Christian Tuschhoff, and Brian Woodall. Our other colleagues in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech, the Department of International Relations at Florida International Univer- sity, and the faculty of International Management and Economics at Kansai University have also given us valuable support and construc- tive feedback. We benefited greatly from presenting portions of this work at several annual meetings of the American Political Science Association and the International Studies Association. We appreciate the insight- ful comments we received on these occasions. We also presented early drafts of this project to the Nunn School’s “Work in Progress Semi- nar,” to a research seminar sponsored by the Center for Transnational and Comparative Studies at Florida International University, and at a workshop on “Social Construction and International Studies” at Florida International University; we thank the participants in these seminars for their willingness to serve as sounding boards and critics. Portions of this book are adapted from “Language, Rules and Order: The Westpolitik Debate of Adenauer and Schumacher,” inLanguage, Agency, and Politics in a Constructed World, ed. François Debrix (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2003), pp. 196–219; used by permission.

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