This edited volume addresses the role of non-state actors (NSAs) in international relations. From their emergence in the early 20th century, entities of non-state status have played a role of increasing prominence in international politics. Scholarly work has been slow to catch up, approaching NSAs mainly through the scope of legitimacy and international law or limiting focus to NGOs, international organizations, and economic corporations. This volume remedies that, creating a typology of NSAs based on systematic and coherent analysis.Presenting a series of cases of NSAs across the continuum of international relations, the chapters firmly ground NSAs in the ontology of international relations theory.
Filling a gap in the current literature, this book will be of interest to students and researchers of international relations theory, international politics, international security, diplomatic history, and European and Middle East politics, as well as policy-makers and practitioners.
Author(s): Marianna Charountaki, Daniela Irrera
Series: Non-State Actors in International Relations, 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 135
City: Cham
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Tables
About the Authors
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Conceptualising Non-State Actors in International Relations
Introduction
The Agency of NSAs: Towards a Definition
NSAs as Entities in their Own Right
Conceptual Clarification
The Role of NSAs in IR: A Critique
Conclusion
References
Chapter 2: The Power and Impact of Institutions on International Relations: From Intergovernmental to Non-governmental Organisations
Debating International Institutions
From the Intergovernmental to the Non-governmental World
The Roles of Institutions in the Global Humanitarian System
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Irregular Militaries and Militias in International Relations: The Case of Iraqi Shiite Militias
Historical Context of Militias in the Arab World
Wala’iya (ولاءية)
Marja’iya (مرجعية)
Sadrists (صدرية)
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Dilemmas of Fundamentalist Non-state Actors in International Relations
Introduction
Conceptual Properties and Definitional Limits
A More Robust Account of Strategic Rationales
Case Study 1: The Provisional IRA: A Forty-Year Road from Fundamentalism to Compromise
Case Study 2: The Bosnian Serb Army and the Strategic Consequences of Fundamentalism
Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: The Impact of Ethnic Groups on International Relations
Introduction
Taking Groups for Granted
Ethnic Identity
Theorizing Ethnicity in IR
Primordial Hatreds
The Rationalist Approach
Instrumentalism
Constructivism
Ethnic Conflict
The Internationalization of Conflicts
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: States-to-be as Foreign Policy Actors
Introduction
The Case of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)
The Case of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)
Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: Conclusions: Understanding the Role of Non-state Actors in a Mutable Global System
References
Index
