Role Theory in International Relations Role Theory in International Relations provides a comprehensive, up- to-date survey of recent theoretical scholarship on foreign policy roles, and extensive empirical analysis of role behavior of a variety of states in the current era of eroding American hegemony. Taking stock of the evolution of role theory within foreign policy analysis, International Relations, and social science theory, the authors probe role approaches in combination with IR concepts such as socialization, learning, and communicative action. They draw upon comparative case studies of foreign policy roles of states (the United States, Japan, PR China, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Poland, Sweden, and Norway) and international institutions (NATO, the European Union) to assess NATO’s transformation, the European Union as a normative power, as well as the impact of China’s rise on US hege- mony under the Bush and Obama administrations. The chapters also offer com- pelling theoretical arguments about the nexus between foreign policy role change and the evolution of international society. This important new volume advances current role theory scholarship, offering concrete theoretical suggestions as to how foreign policy analysis and IR theory could benefit from a closer integration of role theory. It will be of great interest to all scholars and students of international relations, foreign policy, and inter- national politics. Sebastian Harnisch is Professor of International Relations and Foreign Policy at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Cornelia Frank is Lecturer in Political Science at the Chair for Foreign Policy and International Relations at the University of Trier, Germany. Hanns W. Maull is Professor of Foreign Policy and International Relations at the University of Trier, Germany. 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