Recognition in International Relations

Part I. Conceptual Foundations

1. Gradual Processes, Ambiguous Consequences: Rethinking Recognition in International Relations
Anna Geis, Caroline Fehl, Christopher Daase, Georgios Kolliarakis

2. Recognition between States? Moving beyond Identity Politics
Mattias Iser

Part II. Recognition among States

3. China’s Place in Four Recognition Regimes
Erik Ringmar

4. Constructing the July Crisis: The Practice of Recognition and the Making of the First World War
Michelle Murray

5. Seeking Status Recognition through Military Symbols: German and Indian Armament Policies between Strategic Rationalizations and Prestige Motives
Sven-Eric Fikenscher, Lena Jaschob, Reinhard Wolf

6. Understanding the Puzzle of Unequal Recognition: The Case of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Caroline Fehl

Part III. Recognition of States and Governments

7. (Non-)Recognition Policies in Secession Conflicts and the Shadow of the Right of Self-Determination
Stefan Oeter

8. Reconceptualizing Recognition of States and Governments
Brad R. Roth

9. Statebuilding and the Politics of Non-Recognition
Rebecca Richards, Robert Smith

10. Recognition as a Second-Order Problem in the Resolution of Self-Determination Conflicts
Georgios Kolliarakis

Part IV. Recognition among States and Non-State Actors

11. Recognition Going Awry: NGOs and the Global Rise of the Unelected
Volker M. Heins

12. Gradual Recognition: Curbing Non-State Violence in Asymmetric Conflict
Janusz Biene, Christopher Daase

13. The Dark Side of Recognition: Mutual Exclusiveness of Passive and Active Recognition in the Middle East Conflict
Carolin Goerzig, Claudia Hofmann

Part V. Concluding Reflections

14. Legal Precision or Fuzzy Feelings? A Diplomatic Comment on Recognition Studies
Alyson J. K. Bailes

15. Acts of Recognition, Shades of Respect
Nicholas Onuf

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Conflict Studies, International Organization, International Relations, Political Science