Citation

Underdal A. J. Peace Res. 1995; 32(1): 113-119.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0022343395032001009

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A team based at the University of Tubingen has contributed significantly to the recent development of the analysis of international rules and norms (often referred to as international regimes) that (are supposed to) govern given systems of activities. One of its major contributions has been to explore the usefulness of various problem and issue typologies for predicting and explaining regime formation. The team has also developed several original concepts, including that of a 'regime-conducive foreign policy'. Moreover, it has been among the first in this field to combine intensive comparative research with extensive quantitative analysis of events data, and to formulate so-called 'contextualized' propositions. This review briefly evaluates some of these contributions. It also examines the state of the art as summarized in the latest of the three volumes under review.