Recognition is a basic human need. A prominent debate in Political Philosophy and Theory has highlighted the significance of this concept in daily life and in politics. Both individual and collective actors can experience misrecognition or non-recognition by significant other actors, which is often framed in terms of injustice and drives many social conflicts. However, recognition is not a panacea to all societal ills, and its multi-faceted effects in the international realm have, so far, been under-acknowledged.
In assembling contributions from International Relations, Political Theory and International Law, this volume "Recognition in International Relations. Rethinking a Political Concept in a Global Context" advances interdisciplinary theoretical engagements and builds on empirical investigations into the struggles for recognition among global political subjects. Focusing on established states, unrecognised states and non-state actors, the contributors and editors Christopher Daase, Caroline Fehl, Anna Geis, Georgios Kolliarakis share the assumption that recognition is to be conceived of as a gradual process and that it is an ambiguous concept both in theory and political practice.
The volume contains contributions by Janusz Biene and is available at Palgrave Macmillan