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Constructivist norm research is a lively and growing research programme in the field of international relations. Unsurprisingly, its increasing differentiation over the last three decades has raised questions about the ability to communicate across different academic camps. This edited volume enables dialogue by identifying commonalities and differences among academic camps from a metatheoretical perspective. The authors theoretically and empirically highlight new paths for critical norm research, foregrounding reflexivity and contingency, and critically discussing key concepts such as contestation, intersubjectivity and normativity. In this way, they reveal new paths towards critical norm research in this field. With contributions by Stephan Engelkamp, Sassan Gholiagha, Katharina Glaab, Antonia Graf, Hannes Hansen-Magnusson, Eva Herschinger, Maren Hofius, Daniel Jacobi, Kai Koddenbrock, Friederike Kuntz, Bastian Loges, Holger Niemann, Judith Renner, Frank Sauer, Henrik Schillinger, Linda Wallbott and Lisbeth Zimmermann. Die konstruktivistische Normenforschung hat sich in den letzten 30 Jahren fest in den Internationalen Beziehungen etabliert. Ständige Ausdifferenzierungen werfen Fragen nach der Möglichkeit des Austausches zwischen den unterschiedlichen wissenschaftlichen Lagern auf. Aus metatheoretischer Perspektive benennt der Band Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten der Ansätze und bietet eine gemeinsame Sprache für den Dialog an. Die AutorInnen des Bandes legen theoretische und empirische Beiträge vor, die Kontextgebundenheit, Situiertheit und die Reflexivität gegenüber dem Forschungsgengenstand zeigen und diskutieren zentrale Konzepte von Umstrittenheit, Intersubjektivität und Normativität. Somit werden neue Wege der kritischen Normenforschung aufgezeigt. Mit Beiträgen von Stephan Engelkamp, Sassan Gholiagha, Katharina Glaab, Antonia Graf, Hannes Hansen-Magnusson, Eva Herschinger, Maren Hofius, Daniel Jacobi, Kai Koddenbrock, Friederike Kuntz, Bastian Loges, Holger Niemann, Judith Renner, Frank Sauer, Henrik Schillinger, Linda Wallbott und Lisbeth Zimmermann.

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This book investigates political, economic and social links between top-down decentralisation strategies and neopatrimonial elite networks in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Over ten years since 2011, several MENA regimes have initiated decentralisation processes, but empirical observations suggest a gap between the formal layout and the outcome of decentralisation. The authors identify neopatrimonial networks as an explanatory factor in this respect. A comparative study of Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt (1) looks at decentralisation from the perspective of the periphery, (2) examines decentralisation within neopatrimonial contexts, (3) includes fiscal policy and informal financial flows, and (4) analyses the international donor perspective. With contributions by Sylvia I. Bergh, Miriam Bohn, Thomas Demmelhuber, Roland Sturm and Erik Vollmann.

1H, GTB, JPB, JPP, JPS, JPWD, JPWH --- Area Studies Autokratisierung civil society Dezentralisierung Egypt elite networks Elitenetzwerke fiscal policy Jordan local govenance MENA Morocco Neopatrimonialism Nordafrika Tunisia Decentralization neopatrimonialism Middle East and North Africa authoritarianism transformation local governance

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"Building on work in feminist studies, queer studies and critical race theory, this volume challenges the universality of propositions about human nature, by questioning the boundaries between predominant neurotypes and 'others', including dyslexics, autistics and ADHDers. This is the first work of its kind to bring cutting-edge research across disciplines to the concept of neurodiversity. It offers in-depth explorations of the themes of cure/prevention/eugenics; neurodivergent wellbeing; cross-neurotype communication; neurodiversity at work; and challenging brain-bound cognition. It analyses the role of neuro-normativity in theorising agency, and a proposal for a new alliance between the Hearing Voices Movement and neurodiversity. In doing so, we contribute to a cultural imperative to redefine what it means to be human. To this end, we propose a new field of enquiry that finds ways to support the inclusion of neurodivergent perspectives in knowledge production, and which questions the theoretical and mythological assumptions that produce the idea of the neurotypical. Working at the crossroads between sociology, critical psychology, medical humanities, critical disability studies, and critical autism studies, and sharing theoretical ground with critical race studies and critical queer studies, the proposed new field - neurodiversity studies - will be of interest to people working in all these areas"--

Developmental disabilities. --- Brain --- Intellectual disability. --- Variation. --- Idiocy --- Intellectual disabilities --- Mental deficiency --- Mental retardation --- Developmental disabilities --- Psychology, Pathological --- People with mental disabilities --- Cerebrum --- Mind --- Central nervous system --- Head --- Disabilities --- Developmentally disabled --- EU --- cyber --- drones --- dual-use --- governance --- robotics --- security --- technologies --- HBJD --- JPSN --- JPS --- JPV --- JW