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Conclusions and Extensions: Toward Mid-Range Theorizing and Beyond Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2005

Alastair Iain Johnston
Alastair Iain Johnston
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World Affairs at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, johnston@fas.harvard.edu
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Abstract

This article reflects on three sets of issues raised by the research in this special issue. First it summarizes and critiques the core analytical claims and main scope conditions for socialization as developed by the authors. Then it examines how a critical socialization micro-process—persuasion—fits with a thin rationalist argument. I suggest that agents who are more deeply socialized may be more strategic in their behavior precisely because they are true believers. Thus the presence of strategic behavior does not undermine the possibility of persuasion. It may be an especially obvious consequence of persuasion. Finally, I examine how the authors understand socialization and identity change. Here I argue that the content of identity needs to be unpacked further into four dimensions—constitutive norms, social purpose, relational beliefs, and cognitive worldviews—in order to more fully test how much, and what type of, identity change occurs as a result of socialization. Finally, the article looks at how the findings in the European case might be extended to, and compared with, empirical evidence from other parts of the world, in particular Asia.Thanks to Jeff Checkel, Michael Glosny, and two anonymous referees for comments and criticisms.

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International Organization , Volume 59 , Issue 4 , October 2005 , pp. 1013 - 1044
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© 2005 The IO Foundation and Cambridge University Press

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