Prof. Dr. Rainer Baumann - Research
Rainer Baumann's main fields of research ar
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Global Governance
- International Relations Theory
1) Research in Foreign Policy Analysis
Foreign Policy in a Denationalizing World: FPA Meets State Transformation Research (ongoing)
Description:
In the last few decades, there has been a trend towards internationalization and privatization across various issue areas of states' responsibilities. The globalization literature has produced important findings on the state's role with respect to economic, social, educational and environmental policy, migration, the monopoly of force and questions of legitimacy. Most studies on foreign policy in the age of globalization, however, have concentrated on policy issues. The question to what extent foreign policy making has changed has remained largely untouched. This project addresses questions like to what extent foreign policy decision-making processes have changed in the age of globalization and to what extent the growing importance of non-state actors affect or even transform foreign policy making.
Papers:
State-Centric After All? Foreign Policy Analysis and the Denationalization of Governance (with Frank Stengel) (under review).
Globalization and Foreign Policy Analysis: Neglect or Successful Adaptation to Changing Political Practices? Paper presented at the ISA Convention in New Orleans, LA, 2010 (with Frank Stengel).
The Role of Status in German Foreign Policy (ongoing)
Description:
The search for status and mutual recognition among states is a constant feature in diplomatic affairs. In the case of Germany, however, the role of status has varied significantly in the 20th century. The research on this topic is concerned with theoretical conceptualizations of the role of status in foreign policy and its applications to German foreign policy since unification.
Paper:
Carpets and Places in the Sun. The Changing Role of Status in German Foreign Policy (with Dörte Dinger, in progress).
Completed Research Projects in Foreign Policy Analysis
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2) Research on Global Governance
U.S. Empire and Global Governance: A Contradiction? (ongoing)
Description:
In recent years, two trends in global politics have attracted a lot of attention in International Relations. The first is the reconfiguration of global structures, often captured by the notion of a move from the national to the post-national constellation. The second trend are the imperial tendencies in U.S. foreign policy. Apparently, there is a contradiction or at least a strong tension between a global denationalization and a renationalization of the policy of the world's most powerful actor. Surprisingly, existing research on global governance and on U.S. foreign policy have largely been kept separate. My research in this field treats these two developments in conjunction, examining both the impact of U.S. policy on structures and practices of governance beyond the nation-state and the impact of seminal trends in international and global governance on U.S. policy.
Papers:
Global Governance or Empire? Assessing Claims on Heterarchy and Hierarchy in World Order (with Klaus Dingwerth) (resubmitted, under review).
The Indispensable Power and the Diffusion of Authority. The Impact of the United States on Emerging Patterns of Global Governance. Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions 2009, Workshop 27 "The Diffusion of Authority? Changing Patterns of International Governance", Lisbon, Portugal, 14-20 April 2009 (with Klaus Dingwerth and Margot Eichinger).
Globales Regieren und US-Imperium. Eine soziologische Verknüpfung zweier unverbundener Forschungsstränge. Papier für die Erste Arbeitstagung des Arbeitskreises "Soziologie der internationalen Beziehungen" am 16. und 17. November 2007 in Berlin.
Incompatible Conceptions of Global Order? Hegemony, and Global Governance. Paper presented at the 6th Pan-European Conference of the Standing Group on International Relations, Turin 12-15 September 2007.
Antreiber, Bremser oder Getriebener? Die Vereinigten Staaten und Global Governance. Papier für die Zweite Offene Tagung der Sektion Internationale Politik der DVPW am 13. und 14. Juli 2007 in Darmstadt.
3) Research in International Relations Theory
International Relations - The Great Debates (joint book project with Peter Mayer and Bernhard Zangl, commissioned by Edward Elgar Publishers, forthcoming in 2011)
Description:
The academic discipline of International Relations has been significantly influenced by a series of "great debates". From the 1930s to present, these debates have shaped the discipline's self-image as well as its theoretical development. This reference collection will comprise three volumes that will contain some of the major contributions to each "great debate". Supplemented by reviews and commentaries, the book aims to provide a broad overview of the history of International Relations.
Vol. 1: Substantive Debates
Vol. 2: Ontological and Epistemological Debates
Vol. 3: Normative Debates.