The Politics of Military Force
The Politics of Military Force examines the dynamics of discursive change that made participation in military operations possible against the background of German antimilitarist culture. Once considered a strict taboo, so-called out-of-area operations have now become widely considered by German poli...
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2026
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| author | Frank A., Stengel |
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| description | The Politics of Military Force examines the dynamics of discursive change that made participation in military operations possible against the background of German antimilitarist culture. Once considered a strict taboo, so-called out-of-area operations have now become widely considered by German policymakers to be without alternative. The book argues that an understanding of how certain policies are made possible (in this case, military operations abroad and force transformation), one needs to focus on processes of discursive change that result in different policy options appearing rational, appropriate, feasible, or even self-evident. Drawing on Essex School discourse theory, the book develops a theoretical framework to understand how discursive change works, and elaborates on how discursive change makes once unthinkable policy options not only acceptable but even without alternative. Based on a detailed discourse analysis of more than 25 years of German parliamentary debates, The Politics of Military Force provides an explanation for: (1) the emergence of a new hegemonic discourse in German security policy after the end of the Cold War (discursive change), (2) the rearticulation of German antimilitarism in the process (ideational change/norm erosion) and (3) the resulting making-possible of military operations and force transformation (policy change). In doing so, the book also demonstrates the added value of a poststructuralist approach compared to the naive realism and linear conceptions of norm change so prominent in the study of German foreign policy and International Relations more generally. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1761162026-06-12T07:26:16Z The Politics of Military Force Frank A., Stengel Germany Military Anti-military Discursive theory Security policy International Relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSD Diplomacy thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTU Peace studies and conflict resolution The Politics of Military Force examines the dynamics of discursive change that made participation in military operations possible against the background of German antimilitarist culture. Once considered a strict taboo, so-called out-of-area operations have now become widely considered by German policymakers to be without alternative. The book argues that an understanding of how certain policies are made possible (in this case, military operations abroad and force transformation), one needs to focus on processes of discursive change that result in different policy options appearing rational, appropriate, feasible, or even self-evident. Drawing on Essex School discourse theory, the book develops a theoretical framework to understand how discursive change works, and elaborates on how discursive change makes once unthinkable policy options not only acceptable but even without alternative. Based on a detailed discourse analysis of more than 25 years of German parliamentary debates, The Politics of Military Force provides an explanation for: (1) the emergence of a new hegemonic discourse in German security policy after the end of the Cold War (discursive change), (2) the rearticulation of German antimilitarism in the process (ideational change/norm erosion) and (3) the resulting making-possible of military operations and force transformation (policy change). In doing so, the book also demonstrates the added value of a poststructuralist approach compared to the naive realism and linear conceptions of norm change so prominent in the study of German foreign policy and International Relations more generally. 2026-05-01T05:40:07Z 2026-05-01T05:40:07Z 2026-04-30T10:10:48Z 2020 book ONIX_20260429T161216_9780472907250_11 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112753 9780472907250 9780472132218 9780472127313 9780472004874 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176116 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112753/1/9780472907250.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112753/1/9780472907250.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112753/1/9780472907250.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112753/1/9780472907250.pdf Michigan State University Press 10.3998/mpub.10154836 10.3998/mpub.10154836 aa7f6664-5117-41d8-90f8-c3af56526b92 9780472907250 9780472132218 9780472127313 9780472004874 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) University of Michigan Press German Studies Backlist 2026 KU Partner Collections 2026 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Partner Collections 2026 University of Michigan Press German Studies Backlist 2026 292 open access |
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