Practice Theory And International Relations Cambridge Studies In International Relations Mervyn Frost Silviya Lechner Frost by Mervyn Frost & Silviya Lechner [frost, Mervyn] instant download after payment.

Are social practices actions or institutional frameworks of interaction structured by common rules? How do social practices such as signing a cheque differ from international practices such as signing a peace treaty? Traversing the fields of international relations (IR) and philosophy, this book defends an institutionalist conception of practices as part of a general practice theory indebted to Oakeshott, Wittgenstein and Hegel. The proposed practice theory has two core aspects: practice internalism and normative descriptivism. In developing a philosophical analysis of social practices that has a special relevance for international relations, Silviya Lechner and Mervyn Frost depart from Pierre Bourdieu’ s sociology of practice that dominates the current ‘ practice turn’ in IR. The authors show that the contemporary global realm is constituted by two distinct macro practices – the practice of sovereign states and that of global rights.

SILVIYA LECHNER holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Aberystwyth. Currently she is a visiting researcher at King’ s College London, Department of War Studies, where she was previously a lecturer. She specialises in IR theory and philosophy, especially social and political philosophy and philosophy of action. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of International Political Theory , the Review of International Studies, International Studies Review, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies , the Hague Journal of Diplomacy and the American Journal of Bioethics .

MERVYN FROST , MA (Stellenbosch), BPhil. (Oxford), DPhil. (Stellenbosch), is Professor of International Relations in the Department of War Studies, King’ s College London. From 2007 to 2013, he was Head of Department. His monographs include Towards a Normative Theory of International Relations (Cambridge University Press, 1986), Ethics in International Relations (Cambridge University Press,