Resetting the Political Culture Agenda: From Polis to International Organization (SpringerBriefs in Law)

The analysis of the formation processes and manifestations of political culture in the domain of international relations and organization lacks a concrete theoretical and methodological framework. However, the main theoretical and methodological deficits seem to be related to the need for a clear-cut definition of the concept itself as well as to the integration of political science methodological tools into the international institutional law debate. This book considers the basic theoretical and methodological requirements for the use of political culture as a conceptual tool in the field of international organization research. Moreover, it applies the core theoretical and methodological assumptions to three case-studies, namely, the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the European Union, which are perceived as agents of distinct political cultures in the international system. {OCLCbr#A0} Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-4 Front Matter....Pages 5-5 Conceptualizing International Organizations.......Pages 7-18 Political Culture and the Study of International Organization: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges....Pages 19-26 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 The United Nations....Pages 29-40 The Council of Europe....Pages 41-49 The European Union....Pages 51-63 Front Matter....Pages 65-65 Concluding Remarks....Pages 67-71 Back Matter....Pages 73-87