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The Eastern cousins of European sovereign states? The development of linear borders in early modern Japan 欧洲主权国家的东方表亲？近代早期日本线性边界的发展

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European Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/13540661221133206

Naosuke Mukoyama

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Kant’s domestic analogy: international and global order 康德的国内类比：国际秩序与全球秩序

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European Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2022-10-31 DOI: 10.1177/13540661221133976

Regan Burles

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Technologies of justice: forensics and the evolution of transitional justice 司法技术：取证与过渡时期司法的演变

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European Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2022-10-29 DOI: 10.1177/13540661221127700

Iosif Kovras

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The contested meaning-making of diplomatic norms: competence in practice in Southeast Asian multilateralism 外交规范的意义建构：东南亚多边主义实践中的能力

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European Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2022-10-29 DOI: 10.1177/13540661221133194

Stéphanie Martel, Aarie Glas

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Terrorism as a conceptual site for power struggles: problematization of terrorism in Turkey in the 1970s 恐怖主义作为权力斗争的概念场所：20世纪70年代土耳其的恐怖主义问题化

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European Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2022-10-20 DOI: 10.1177/13540661221131432

Tuncer Beyribey

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Ontological security, cyber technology, and states’ responses 本体论安全、网络技术与国家应对

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European Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2022-10-18 DOI: 10.1177/13540661221130958

Amir Lupovici

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Beyond ports, roads and railways: Chinese economic statecraft, the Belt and Road Initiative and the politics of financial infrastructures 除了港口、公路和铁路:中国的经济治国方略、“一带一路”倡议和金融基础设施的政治

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European Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2022-10-08 DOI: 10.1177/13540661221126615

Johannes Petry

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引用次数: 5

Why norms rarely die 为什么规范很少消亡?

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European Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2022-09-21 DOI: 10.1177/13540661221126018

Sarah Percy, Wayne Sandholtz

{"title":"Why norms rarely die","authors":"Sarah Percy, Wayne Sandholtz","doi":"10.1177/13540661221126018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/13540661221126018","url":null,"abstract":"Significant challenges to core international norms have prompted debate over whether or not norms decay, decline, or die. We argue that claims of norm death are empirically incorrect and theoretically misleading. Norms rarely die, and the processes that happen instead are far more complex. The idea of norm death embodies two misconceptions borne out of methodological incentives in empirical constructivism; that norms are single entities that exist separately from larger structures, and that compliance is the most effective way to measure if a norm is under challenge. We argue that the literature on “norm death” epitomizes the pitfalls of this approach, and as a result neither empirically or theoretically captures what happens when norms are under challenge. Norms are fundamentally resilient and can withstand even high levels of non-compliance. We examine four cases of alleged norm death—the norms against mercenary use, unrestricted submarine warfare, and torture, and the norm requiring declarations of war—and demonstrate that in these cases norms are not disappearing, but are rather subject to processes of obsolescence, replacement, and modification. We further argue that once we recognize that norms are embedded in wider structures, and move away from the notion that compliance indicates norm strength, it is possible to see why norms are generally resilient.","PeriodicalId":48069,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of International Relations","volume":"28 1","pages":"934 - 954"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45705286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 8

Do international parliaments matter? An empirical analysis of influences on foreign policy and civil rights 国际议会重要吗?对外交政策和公民权利影响的实证分析

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European Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2022-09-18 DOI: 10.1177/13540661221123026

Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, L. Bareis

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IMPACT OF FOREIGN AID ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN KENYA 2006-2020 2006-2020年外援对肯尼亚经济增长的影响

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European Journal of International Relations Pub Date : 2022-09-17 DOI: 10.47604/jir.1649

Mureithi Kabura, S. Handa

{"title":"IMPACT OF FOREIGN AID ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN KENYA 2006-2020","authors":"Mureithi Kabura, S. Handa","doi":"10.47604/jir.1649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47604/jir.1649","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The objective of this study was to examine the impact of foreign aid on economic growth in Kenya. \u0000Methodology: The study used a descriptive research technique and a time series approach to track economic growth in Kenya for 41 years, from the year 1980 to 2020. The study also adopted a census survey to collect secondary data by use of a secondary time series data template from the World Bank and KNBS databases in Kenya for the period 1980 to 2020. The collected data was edited, coded and analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). \u0000Findings: The results of the study revealed that ODA, emergency & food aid, debt forgiveness and technical cooperation had a positive and significant relationship with economic growth(GDP). In addition, ODA, emergency & food aid and debt forgiveness have a positive and significant impact on economic growth. However, technical cooperation had a negative and no significant impact on economic growth in Kenya \u0000Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommended that financial policymakers should come up with better strategies on the management of the foreign aid funds so as to ensure they are efficiently utilized. Financial policy makers should also consider foreign donors who can offer debt forgiveness aid since it will help Kenya in managing and reducing its debts.","PeriodicalId":48069,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of International Relations","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80061369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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