The Culture of National Security

Contributors ask whether it is more useful to conceive of the world as arrayed in regional, cultural, institutional complexes or organized along the conventional dimensions of power, alliance, and geography. They argue that perspectives that neglect the roles of culture and identity are no longer adequate to explain the complexities of a world undergoing rapid change.

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Beyond the substantive contributions of the individual authors and the extensive debate about the nature and the advantages and disadvantages of fully integrating ideational scholarship into the study of world politics, The Culture of National Security should interest comparativists as a broad and ambitious attempt to apply the insights and tools of sociological and constructivist scholarship to the analysis of concrete political questions... -- Sheri Berman Comparative Politics Historians, policy-makers and analysts of contemporary affairs will find much food for thought here. -- James Jay Carafano, Georgetown University H-Net Reviews

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Peter J. Katzenstein is the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies at Cornell University.

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One: Introduction: Alternative Perspectives on National Security, by Peter J. KatzensteinTwo: Norms, Identity, and Culture in National Security, by Ronald L. Jepperson, Alexander Wendt, and Peter J. KatzensteinI. Norms and National SecurityThree: Status, Norms, and the Proliferation of Conventional Weapons: An Institutional Theory Approach, by Dana P. Eyre and Mark C. SuchmanFour: Norms and Deterrence: The Nuclear and Chemical Weapons Taboos, by Richard Price and Nina TannenwaldFive: Constructing Norms of Humanitarian Intervention, by Martha FinnemoreSix: Culture and French Military Doctrine Before World War II, by Elizabeth KierSeven: Cultural Realism and Strategy in Maoist China, by Alastair Iain JohnstonII. Identity and National SecurityEight: Identity, Norms, and National Security: The Soviet Foreign Policy Revolution and the End of the Cold War, by Robert G. HermanNine: Norms, Identity, and National Security in Germany and Japan, by Thomas U. BergerTen: Collective Identity in a Democratic Community: The Case of NATO, by Thomas Risse-KappenEleven: Identity and Alliances in the Middle East, by Michael N. BarnettIII. Implications and ConclusionsTwelve: Norms, Identity, and Their Limits: A Theoretical Reprise, by Paul Kowert and Jeffrey LegroThirteen: Conclusion: National Security in a Changing World, by Peter J. Katzenstein

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