Just out: "Persuasion in Politics"

Nicole Deitelhoff's book published at Suhrkamp Publishing House

"Überzeugung in der Politik. Grundzüge einer Diskurstheorie internationalen Regierens" (Persuasion in Politics. Considerations on a discourse theory of international governance) by Nicole Deitelhoff has just been published at the Suhrkamp Publishing House. Adopting Habermas' discourse theory, the author analyzes the negotiations that led to the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC). In this process, she identifies "Islands of Persuasion" that, as felicitous discourses, coined the proceeding as well as the outcome of the negotiations.

This volume has been published as No. 1821 of the series "suhrkamp taschenbuch wissenschaft" and can be purchased at bookstores for 13,00 euros. ISBN: 3-518-29421-0