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Informationen zum Autor SZYMON ANANICZ Analyst at the Centre for Eastern Studies in Warsaw, PolandJOZEF BÁTORA Associate Professor and Director at the Institute of European Studies and International Relations at Comenius University in Bratislava, SlovakiaELIZABETH FAUSETT PhD candidate at the University of Arizona's School of Government and Public Policy, USA and is the Organizational Systems Manager at the International Studies AssociationMARIA RAQUEL FREIRE Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at the University of Coimbra and researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra, PortugalANNETTE FREYBERG-INAN Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsVLADIMÍR HANDL Research fellow at the Institute of International Relations in Prague, Czech RepublicCONSTANTIN IORDACHI Associate Professor of History at the Central European University, Budapest, HungaryMICHAL KO?AN Head of Research at the Institute of International Relations, Prague and an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Czech RepublicALJA KUN?I? Researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaPAUL LUIF Lecturer at the University of Vienna, AustriaTAMARA J. RESLER Analyst in Washington DC, USAJ. PATRICK RHAMEY, JR PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of Arizona, USAPETRA ROTER Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Ljubljana,SloveniaRAFA? SADOWSKI Senior fellow at the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) in Warsaw, PolandVÍT ST?ÍTECKÝ Research fellow at the Institute of International Relations, Prague, Czech Republic and lecturer at the Department of IR, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech RepublicJANEZ U TER I? Minister of Finance of the Republic of SloveniaTHOMAS J. VOLGY Professor of Political Science at the School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona, USA and Executive Director of the International Studies Association Klappentext Focused on the role of Central Europe in international politics at the turn of the 20th century, the authors take stock of the knowledge about the discipline of IR, enhance the visibility of scholars from Central Europe, and fill the void which has emerged after several researches on Central Europe were completed in the 1990s. Zusammenfassung Focused on the role of Central Europe in international politics at the turn of the 20th century, the authors take stock of the knowledge about the discipline of IR, enhance the visibility of scholars from Central Europe, and fill the void which has emerged after several researches on Central Europe were completed in the 1990s. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: INTRODUCTION TO 'CENTRAL EUROPE'; Z.Šabic & P.Drulák About the Name Geostrategic Importance Constructing of the Region the Central European Way What is 'Central Europe' Today? The Structure of the Book In Summary Endnotes References PART II: CENTRAL EUROPE AND IR THINKING: TRADITIONS AND DISCIPLINES; P.Drulák Introduction Ideas and Power in Central Europe Traditions of International Political Thought Masaryk: A Pragmatic Kantian Dmowski: A Moderate Hobbesian Hodža: A Federalist Lockean Bibó: A Progressive Lockean Kardelj: A Communist Kantian Contradictions of the IR Disciplines Conclusions References PART III: THE QUEST FOR CENTRAL EUROPE: SYMBOLIC GEOGRAPHIES AND HISTORICAL REGIONS; C.Iordachi Introduction Symbolic Geographies and the Historical Regions of Europe Defining Central Europe: In-between 'East' and 'West' Central Europe as a Dissident Concept: The Revival of Discourses on Central Europe in the 1980s 'Nesting Orientalism:' Central Europe and the Balkans Romanian Intellectuals as 'Late-comers' to the Central European Club The Balkans: Central Europe's New 'Constitutive Other'? Conclusion: The Concept of Central Europe – a Tool for Comparison Endnotes R...
