Preface
1. Introduction: Alternative Perspectives on National Security
Peter J. Katzenstein
Why Traditional National Security Issues?
Existing Analytical Perspectives
Cultural-Institutional Context and Political Identity
Why Bother?
2. Norms, Identity, and Culture in National Security
Ronald L. Jepperson, Alexander Wendt, and Peter J. Katzenstein
Analytical Context
Theoretical Perspectives
Arguments
Methodological and Metatheoretic Matters
Extension and Conclusion
PART 1. Norms and National Security
3. Status, Norms, and the Proliferation of Conventional Weapons:
An Institutional Theory Approach
Dana P. Eyre and Mark C. Suchman
Standard Explanations for the Proliferation of Weaponry
An Alternative Perspective: Obligatory Action and an
Institutional Theory of Weapons Proliferation
Hypotheses
Research Design, Data, and Methods of Analysis
Results
4. Norms and Deterrence: The Nuclear and Chemical Weapons Taboos
Richard Price and Nina Tannenwald
The Social Construction of Deterrence
The Chemical Weapons Taboo
The Non-use of Nuclear Weapons
Norms, Constructivism, and Explanation
5. Constructing Norms of Humanitarian Intervention
Martha Finnemore
Using Norms to Understand International Politics
Humanitarian Intervention in the Nineteenth Century
The Expansion of "Humanity" and Sovereignty
Humanitarian Intervention Since 1945
6. Culture and French Military Doctrine Before World WarII
Hizabeth Kier
Alternative Explanations
The Cultural Roots of Doctrinal Decisions
The Cultural Roots of French Doctrine
7. Cultural Realism and Strategy in Maoist China
Alastair lain Johnston
Why China?
Some Conceptual and Methodological Issues
The Maoist Central Paradigm
Strategic Preference Rankings
Chinese Conflict Behavior
Problems of Analysis
PART 2. Identity and National Security
8. Identity, Norms, and National Security: The Soviet Foreign Policy
Revolution and the End of the Cold War
Robert G. Herman
Realist and Liberal Explanations
I he Empirical Case
BacktOthe Future?
9.Norms,Identity,and National Security in Germany and Japan
Thomas U.Berger
Deficiencies ofStructurai Accounts
The Concept ofPolitical.Military Culture
The Origins ofthe New Political—Military Cultures
The Evolution ofthe Two Political—Military Cultures
The Evolution ofGerman and Japanese Security Policies
10.CoUective Identity in a Democratic Community:
TheCase ofNATO
Thomas Risse—Kappen
The Puzzle
Theorizing About Alliances
A Liberal Interpretation ofthe Transatlantic Security Community
Conclusions:HOW Unique Is NATO?
11.Identity and AIliances i11 the Middle East
Michael N.Barnett
Identity and AIliance Formation
Identity and Alliances in Arab Politics
U S—Israeli Relations
PART 3.ImplicationsandConclusions
12.Norms,Identity,and Their Limits:A Theoretical Reprise
Paul Kowert and Jeffrey Legro
HOW Norms Matter
The Sources ofNorms
Challenges in the Study ofNorms
13.Conclusion:National Security in a Changing W0rld
Peter T.Katzenstein
Realism and LiberaIism
Summary and Extensions
Going Beyond Traditional National Security Studies
America in a Changing World
Index