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Georgia State University

Political Science Faculty Publications

1999

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Correspondence: Isms And Schisms: Culturalism Versus Realism In Security Studies, John S. Duffield Jan 1999

Correspondence: Isms And Schisms: Culturalism Versus Realism In Security Studies, John S. Duffield

Political Science Faculty Publications

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Political Culture And State Behavior: Why Germany Confounds Neorealism, John S. Duffield Jan 1999

Political Culture And State Behavior: Why Germany Confounds Neorealism, John S. Duffield

Political Science Faculty Publications

During the past decade, a growing number of scholars have turned to cultural approaches to account for the foreign and security policies of states. Surprisingly, however, these scholars have devoted little attention to the concept that boasts the most venerable tradition in the field of political science, that of political culture, as a possible source of state behavior. This neglect is unjustified. Like other cultural variables, political culture promises to explain phenomena that are enigmatic from the perspective of leading noncultural theories, such as neorealism. Yet it applies to a broader range of cases than do the many alternative cultural …