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Informationen zum Autor Emanuel Adler is Professor and Chair of Israeli Studies, University of Toronto and Associate Professor at the Hebrew University Israel. He has served as a research fellow at U.C. Berkeley and Harvard University, and has taught at U.C. Berkeley, U.C. Davis, and the University of Wisconsin. His area of expertise is the theory of International Relations and the relationship between knowledge and international change. In this context he has explored the development of epistemic communities and learning, the development of security communities, and the constructivist approach to the study of international relations. Klappentext Emanuel Adler is one of the leading IR theorists of his generation. This volume brings together a collection of his articles, including four new and previously unpublished chapters. Zusammenfassung Emanuel Adler is one of the leading IR theorists of his generation. This volume brings together a collection of his articles, including four new and previously unpublished chapters. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I Introduction 1 Communities of practice in International Relations PART II Cognitive evolution 2 From being to becoming: cognitive evolution and a theory of non-equilibrium in International Relations 3 Cognitive evolution: a dynamic approach for the study of International Relations and their progress 4 Seizing the middle ground: constructivism in world politics PART III Epistemic communities 5 Ideological 'guerrillas' and the quest for technological autonomy: Brazil's domestic computer industry 6 The emergence of cooperation: national epistemic communities and the international evolution of the idea of nuclear arms control PART IV Security communities 7 Imagined (security) communities: cognitive regions in International Relations 8 Condition(s) of peace PART V Identity and peace in the Middle East 9 A Mediterranean canon and an Israeli prelude to long-term Peace 10 Changing identities: the road to peace...