This book is about the global resurgence of culture and religion in international relations, and how these social changes are transforming our understanding of International Relation theory, and the key policy-related issue areas in world politics. It is evident in the on-going debates over the 'root causes' of 9/11 that there are many scholars, journalists and members of the public who still believe culture and religion can be explained away by appeals to more 'basic' economic, social or political forces in society. Therefore The Global Resurgence of Religion and the Transformation of International Relations presents an argument for taking culture - and particularly religion - as social forces that are important for understanding world politics in the post-Westphalian era.

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SCOTT THOMAS is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and the Politics of Developing Countries, University of Bath, UK. Thomas is the author of the Diplomacy of Liberation: the ANC's Foreign Relations Since 1960 (IB Taurus, 1996) and has published several chapters in edited volumes.

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Introduction: The Global Resurgence of Religion in International Relations PART ONE: BRINGING CULTURE AND RELIGION BACK INTO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY Explaining and Understanding Culture and Religion in International Relations Culture and Religion and the Construction of International Society Religion and International Conflict Culture and Religion and Foreign Policy Religious Actors, Social Movements and International Relations Theory Why 'Anarchy is What States Make of it': Mimetic Rivalry and the Social Construction of International Society PART TWO: ISSUE AREAS Protestantism and Hegemonic Stability?: Culture and Religion in the Construction of the Postwar International Order 'What is Europe?': The Role of Culture and Religion and in European Integration Global Social Policy Becomes Foreign Policy: Culture and Religion and the United Nations The Return of the Goddess?: Culture and Religion and Global Environmental Policy Faith and Foreign Policy?: Religion and Civil Society Aid to Promote Democracy and Development The Global Rise of Religious Violence: Is Terror in the Mind of God? How Many Divisions Does the Pope Have?: Culture and Religion in the End of the Cold War PART THREE: CULTURE, RELIGION AND INTERNATIONAL ETHICS Religious Perspectives and Competing Paradigms of International Relations How Can the 'Dialogue Between Civilisations' Begin?: Religious Resources for International Order Conclusion: Taking Culture and Religion Seriously in International Relations