Wolves in the Woods: The Rogue State Concept from a Constructivist Perspective

Mag. Dr. Martin Senn

doi:10.5771/9783845215839

Summary

Seit dem Ende der 1980er Jahre nimmt das Konzept der Schurkenstaaten einen zentralen Stellenwert in der Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der USA ein. Das vorliegende Buch ist ein innovativer Beitrag zur wissenschaftlichen Debatte über das Feindbild und analysiert dieses aus einer konstruktivistischen Perspektive.

Das Werk liefert Antworten auf die Frage, warum führende Politiker in Washington eine Gruppe von Staaten als aggressive, äußerst risikobereite und sogar als irrationale Außenseiter im internationalen System wahrnehmen. Zudem liegt ein weiterer Fokus der Analyse auf den Bedrohungsperzeptionen der als Schurken stigmatisierten Staaten.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2009
Copyright year: 2009
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-4369-1
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-1583-9
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Nomos Universitätsschriften - Politik
Volume: 166
Language: English
Pages: 226
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 10 Martin Senn
Abbreviations No access Pages 11 - 12 Martin Senn
1. Ye Rogues! No access Pages 13 - 15 Martin Senn
2. 1. The Rogue State as an Objective Category No access Pages 15 - 17 Martin Senn
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    1. Objective Representation – The Conservative Perspective No access Martin Senn
    2. Subjective Exaggeration – The Liberal Perspective No access Martin Senn
    3. True Rogues – The Left-Wing Perspective No access Martin Senn
    4. Ideational Structures – The Interpretivist Perspective No access Martin Senn
3. 1. Ontological and Epistemological Positions No access Pages 25 - 30 Martin Senn
  2. Central Research Questions, Methods, and Structure No access Pages 30 - 31 Martin Senn
  3. Selecting the Cases - The Core Group of Rogue States No access Pages 31 - 33 Martin Senn
1. 1. A Challenge to the Traditional Concept of Anarchy No access Pages 34 - 35 Martin Senn
  2. Identities and Interests of State Actors No access Pages 35 - 37 Martin Senn
  3. Immaterial Micro- and Macro-Structures of a Social System No access Pages 37 - 38 Martin Senn
  4. Hobbesian, Lockean and Kantian Cultures of Anarchy No access Pages 38 - 42 Martin Senn
  5. Cultural Change No access Pages 42 - 43 Martin Senn
2. 1. Behavioral Patterns of Hobbesian Actors No access Pages 43 - 48 Martin Senn
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    1. The Neglect of Unit-Level Processes No access Martin Senn
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      1. Culture Bearing Actors No access Martin Senn
      2. The Process of Interpretation No access Martin Senn
3. Specification of the Central Research Questions No access Pages 57 - 57 Martin Senn
1. 1. Offensive Revisionism during the East-West Conflict No access Pages 58 - 60 Martin Senn
  2. Existential Insecurity after the East-West Conflict No access Pages 60 - 65 Martin Senn
  3. North Korea’s External Behavior – Rationality and Defiance No access Pages 65 - 69 Martin Senn
2. 1. Pre-Revolutionary Factors shaping Iran’s World View No access Pages 69 - 72 Martin Senn
  2. Early Revolutionary Iran – Revisionism and “Great Satan” No access Pages 72 - 77 Martin Senn
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    1. Constrained Revisionism and Internal Fragmentation No access Martin Senn
    2. Iran and the USA – Thwarted Détente and Existential Fear No access Martin Senn
  4. Contemporary Iran – Ad Fontes No access Pages 87 - 90 Martin Senn
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    1. Pragmatism and Rogue Behavior No access Martin Senn
    2. Iran’s Nuclear Program No access Martin Senn
3. 1. Libya’s Experience of Colonialism No access Pages 97 - 100 Martin Senn
  2. The (In)dependent Monarchy and the Seeds of Confrontation No access Pages 100 - 104 Martin Senn
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    1. The Ideological Positions of Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi No access Martin Senn
    2. Revolutionary Radicalism and Antagonism with the USA No access Martin Senn
    3. Factors Triggering Libya’s Change of Course No access Martin Senn
    4. Libya’s Rapprochement with the USA No access Martin Senn
  4. Libya’s Quest for WMD No access Pages 118 - 120 Martin Senn
4. 1. The Hobbesian Reality of the Iraqi State No access Pages 120 - 123 Martin Senn
  2. Saddam Hussein’s Ascendancy No access Pages 123 - 124 Martin Senn
  3. Hussein’s Hobbesian View of the (Inter)National Environment No access Pages 124 - 126 Martin Senn
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    1. The Persian Peril No access Martin Senn
    2. The U.S. Threat to Hussein’s Survival No access Martin Senn
  5. Saddam Hussein’s Behavior and Quest for WMD No access Pages 133 - 136 Martin Senn
1. 1. The Instrumental Character of the Rogue State Concept No access Pages 137 - 142 Martin Senn
  2. The Rogue State as a Hobbesian Actor No access Pages 142 - 148 Martin Senn
  3. The Rogue State as an Irrational and Risk-prone Actor No access Pages 148 - 150 Martin Senn
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    1. Defining Key Concepts No access Martin Senn
    2. Sources of the Assumption No access Martin Senn
    3. Rogue States and Deterrence – A Critical Assessment No access Martin Senn
2. 1. Basic Determinants of U.S. Policies vis-à-vis Rogue States No access Pages 169 - 171 Martin Senn
  2. From Remote Troublemakers to Existential Risks No access Pages 171 - 176 Martin Senn
1. Explaining the Rogue State Concept No access Pages 177 - 177 Martin Senn
2. A Refinement of Wendt’s Theory No access Pages 177 - 179 Martin Senn
3. Rogue States – Hobbesian Actors Facing Existential Threats No access Pages 179 - 181 Martin Senn
4. The USA – Dancing with the Wolves No access Pages 181 - 184 Martin Senn
5. There may be Wolves in the Woods ... No access Pages 184 - 186 Martin Senn
Works Cited No access Pages 187 - 202 Martin Senn
Content Analysis Variables and Results No access Pages 203 - 209 Martin Senn
Corpus for Content Analysis No access Pages 210 - 226 Martin Senn