Ursula Jasper
Biographic Data
| ID | 3047532 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ursula Jasper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ursula |
| FAMILY NAME | Jasper |
| SIGNATURE | JASPER U |
| AFFILIATIONS | ETH Zurich |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Politics and Science of Prevision
This book inquires into the use of prediction at the intersection of politics and academia, and reflects upon the implications of future-oriented policymaking across different fields. The volume focuses on the key intricacies and fallacies of prevision in a time of complexity, uncertainty and unpredictability. The first part of the book discusses different academic perspectives and contributions to future-oriented policymaking. The second part di…
Revisiting ‘identity’ in International Relations
In recent years, the concept of identity has become central to International Relations theory. Opposing rational actor assumptions, constructivist and post-structuralist identity scholarship has argued that preferences and interests are tied to actors’ identities, which, in turn, explain action. While we welcome the attempt to move beyond rationalist and materialist accounts of state action, we argue that identity scholarship conceptualizes ident…
Dysfunctional, but stable - a Bourdieuian reading of the global nuclear order
The Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is commonly regarded as the cornerstone of the global regime to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. It grants the five acknowledged nuclear weapon states the temporary right to possess nuclear weapons and prohibits such possession to all other member states. However, both the material provisions of the treaty and the actual practices surrounding the NPT have generated a highly unequal an…
EU Defence Integration and Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear weapons remain the unquestioned core of the defence postures of both France and the United Kingdom. At the same time, the European Union is progressively enhancing its Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), notably through the establishment of a European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). Yet, despite evident progress in the CFSP, whose ultimate purpose is to lead to a ‘common defence policy’, EU member-states still deal with nuclear…
Revisiting ‘identity’ in International Relations
In recent years, the concept of identity has become central to International Relations theory. Opposing rational actor assumptions, constructivist and post-structuralist identity scholarship has argued that preferences and interests are tied to actors’ identities, which, in turn, explain action. While we welcome the attempt to move beyond rationalist and materialist accounts of state action, we argue that identity scholarship conceptualizes ident…
Dysfunctional, but stable - a Bourdieuian reading of the global nuclear order
The Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is commonly regarded as the cornerstone of the global regime to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. It grants the five acknowledged nuclear weapon states the temporary right to possess nuclear weapons and prohibits such possession to all other member states. However, both the material provisions of the treaty and the actual practices surrounding the NPT have generated a highly unequal an…
EU Defence Integration and Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear weapons remain the unquestioned core of the defence postures of both France and the United Kingdom. At the same time, the European Union is progressively enhancing its Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), notably through the establishment of a European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). Yet, despite evident progress in the CFSP, whose ultimate purpose is to lead to a ‘common defence policy’, EU member-states still deal with nuclear…
Dysfunctional, but stable - a Bourdieuian reading of the global nuclear order
The Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is commonly regarded as the cornerstone of the global regime to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. It grants the five acknowledged nuclear weapon states the temporary right to possess nuclear weapons and prohibits such possession to all other member states. However, both the material provisions of the treaty and the actual practices surrounding the NPT have generated a highly unequal an…
Revisiting ‘identity’ in International Relations
In recent years, the concept of identity has become central to International Relations theory. Opposing rational actor assumptions, constructivist and post-structuralist identity scholarship has argued that preferences and interests are tied to actors’ identities, which, in turn, explain action. While we welcome the attempt to move beyond rationalist and materialist accounts of state action, we argue that identity scholarship conceptualizes ident…
Politics and Science of Prevision
This book inquires into the use of prediction at the intersection of politics and academia, and reflects upon the implications of future-oriented policymaking across different fields. The volume focuses on the key intricacies and fallacies of prevision in a time of complexity, uncertainty and unpredictability. The first part of the book discusses different academic perspectives and contributions to future-oriented policymaking. The second part di…
International Relations and Foreign Policy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Nuclear Issues and Defense (2 works) · Nuclear weapon (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 work) · Agency (philosophy) (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Cold war (1 work)