Repertoires of statecraft: instruments and logics of power politics. (June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Goddard, Stacie E; MacDonald, Paul K; Nexon, Daniel H
• Other Names: Booth Ken guest-editor.; Bain William guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: International relations. Volume 33:Number 2(2019)
• Page Start: 304
• Page End: 321
• Publication Date: 2019-06
• Subjects: international order -- international structure -- networks -- power politics -- relationalism -- repertoires -- statecraft -- technological change; International relations -- Periodicals; World politics -- Periodicals; 303.482
• DOI: 10.1177/0047117819834625
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0047-1178

Abstract

Issues involving 'statecraft' lie at the heart of most major debates about world politics, yet scholars do not go far enough in analyzing how the processes of statecraft themselves can reshape the international system. We draw on the growing relational-processual literature in international relations theory to explore how different modes of statecraft can help create and refashion the structure of world politics. In particular, we argue that scholars should reconceive statecraft in terms of repertoires. An emphasis on repertoires sheds light on a number of issues, including how statecraft influences patterns of technological innovation, the construction of institutional and normative orders, and the pathways through which states mobilize power in world politics.