Bücher von Frank Schimmelfennig

Krieg, Frieden, Kooperation, Netzwerke, Institutionen: Dieses utb gibt eine problemorientierte Einführung in die politikwissenschaftliche Teildisziplin der Internationalen Beziehungen. Frank Schimmelfennig stellt die wichtigsten aktuellen Theorien der Internationalen Beziehungen vor und gibt einen Überblick über die zentralen Gegenstände der internationalen Politik. Aktuelle Beispiele veranschaulichen die Ansätze und Methoden.

At the end of the Cold War, the Western international community embarked on a large-scale project of promoting democratic change and consolidation in Eastern Europe. This book explains its mixed results. It examines the strategies of European organizations and the conditions of their success and failure.

Why did Western European states agree to the enlargement of the EU and NATO? Frank Schimmelfennig analyzes the history of the enlargement process and develops a theoretical approach of 'rhetorical action' to explain why it occurred. While rationalist theory explains the willingness of East European states to join the NATO and EU, it does not explain why member states decided to admit them. Using original data, Schimmelfennig shows that expansion to the East can be understood in terms of liberal democratic community building. Drawing on the works of Jon Elster and Erving Goffman, he demonstrates that the decision to expand was the result of rhetorical action. Candidates and their supporters used arguments based on collective identity, norms and values of the Western community to shame opponents into acquiescing to enlargement. This landmark book makes an enormous contribution to theory in international relations and to the study of European politics.