On Global Learning: Pragmatic Constructivism, International Practice and the Challenge of Global Governance
Global security, climate and health challenges have all created a deep-seated unease about international society's capacity to cope with change. International Relations should help practitioners develop appropriate responses, but Jason Ralph argues that IR would be better positioned to do so if it drew more explicitly on the insights of classical Pragmatism. By bringing this tradition in from the margins, Ralph comprehensively engages norm, practice, realist and global IR theory to extend the 'new constructivist' research agenda in a normative direction. He develops a 'Pragmatic Constructivist' approach to assess how well communities of practice facilitate the learning that mitigates emergent social problems and improves lived experiences. This normative assessment focuses on the extent to which communities of practice are characterized by inclusive reflexivity and deliberative practical judgment. These two tests are then applied to critique existing communities of practice, including the UN Security Council, the UNFCCC and the WHO.
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On Global Learning: Pragmatic Constructivism, International Practice and the Challenge of Global Governance
Global security, climate and health challenges have all created a deep-seated unease about international society's capacity to cope with change. International Relations should help practitioners develop appropriate responses, but Jason Ralph argues that IR would be better positioned to do so if it drew more explicitly on the insights of classical Pragmatism. By bringing this tradition in from the margins, Ralph comprehensively engages norm, practice, realist and global IR theory to extend the 'new constructivist' research agenda in a normative direction. He develops a 'Pragmatic Constructivist' approach to assess how well communities of practice facilitate the learning that mitigates emergent social problems and improves lived experiences. This normative assessment focuses on the extent to which communities of practice are characterized by inclusive reflexivity and deliberative practical judgment. These two tests are then applied to critique existing communities of practice, including the UN Security Council, the UNFCCC and the WHO.
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On Global Learning: Pragmatic Constructivism, International Practice and the Challenge of Global Governance

On Global Learning: Pragmatic Constructivism, International Practice and the Challenge of Global Governance

by Jason Ralph
On Global Learning: Pragmatic Constructivism, International Practice and the Challenge of Global Governance
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On Global Learning: Pragmatic Constructivism, International Practice and the Challenge of Global Governance

On Global Learning: Pragmatic Constructivism, International Practice and the Challenge of Global Governance

by Jason Ralph

Overview

Global security, climate and health challenges have all created a deep-seated unease about international society's capacity to cope with change. International Relations should help practitioners develop appropriate responses, but Jason Ralph argues that IR would be better positioned to do so if it drew more explicitly on the insights of classical Pragmatism. By bringing this tradition in from the margins, Ralph comprehensively engages norm, practice, realist and global IR theory to extend the 'new constructivist' research agenda in a normative direction. He develops a 'Pragmatic Constructivist' approach to assess how well communities of practice facilitate the learning that mitigates emergent social problems and improves lived experiences. This normative assessment focuses on the extent to which communities of practice are characterized by inclusive reflexivity and deliberative practical judgment. These two tests are then applied to critique existing communities of practice, including the UN Security Council, the UNFCCC and the WHO.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781009385787
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 09/21/2023
Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations
Pages: 300
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Jason Ralph is Professor of International Relations at the University of Leeds.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; Part I: 2. Norms and practice; 3. Habit, habitus and conscientious reflection; 4. Learning, democracy and the realist critique; 5. Pragmatic constructivism and the challenge of global governance; Part II: 6. International practice and global security; 7. International practice and climate change; 8. International practice and global health; 9. Conclusion. American pragmatism and global IR; Index.
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