International Practices

The authors argue that social life is organised through practices, which are deeds that carry shared, intersubjective knowledge. Practices are also how subjectivities take shape and how history moves forward. The book gives the idea a concrete form by pointing to the many everyday practices, from balancing and banking to networking, that together make up the social fabric of world politics.

The volume brings together leading scholars working in areas that range from international law and humanitarian action to nuclear deterrence. Read as a whole, it shows how practice-based thinking can be applied to very different corners of international relations.

Students and researchers of international politics, and those interested in how ideas and actions shape global affairs, will find it relevant to their work.

Edition note: published by Cambridge University Press. ISBN-13: 9780521281171.