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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2004 - Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Martha Finnemore is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences with a significant emphasis on political science and international relations. This work includes subfields such as sociology and political science, development, law, and public administration.

Their research covers numerous topics, including:

  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • International Development and Aid
  • Freedom of Expression and Defamation
  • Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies
  • International Law and Human Rights
  • Political Philosophy and Ethics
  • Political Conflict and Governance

They have published frequently in several key academic venues, including:

  • International Organization
  • European Journal of International Law
  • International Studies Quarterly
  • Perspectives on Politics
  • International Review of Administrative Sciences

Recent publications include:

  • "Beyond Naming and Shaming: Accusations and International Law in Cybersecurity" (2020), European Journal of International Law
  • "The Politics of Aspiration" (2020), International Studies Quarterly
  • "Lessons from public administration for global governance: Conclusions of the special issue on "International Bureaucracy and the United Nations System."" (2021), International Review of Administrative Sciences
  • "Preface" (2021), International Organization
  • "When "Old" Constructivism Was New: Reflections on Classical Constructivism" (2024), Perspectives on Politics

Their frequent co-authors include Kenneth F. Scheve, Kenneth Schultz, Managing Editor, Rebecca Adler-Nissen, and J. Lawrence Broz, each collaborating on multiple occasions.

Martha Finnemore has received recognition such as the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011 and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award from the American Political Science Association in 2004.

Best Publications

  • International Norm Dynamics and Political Change

    Martha Finnemore;Kathryn Sikkink

  • The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations

    Michael N. Barnett;Martha Finnemore

  • Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics

    Michael N. Barnett;Martha Finnemore

  • Norms, culture, and world politics: insights from sociology's institutionalism

    Martha Finnemore

  • TAKING STOCK: The Constructivist Research Program in International Relations and Comparative Politics

    Martha Finnemore;Kathryn Sikkink

  • International organizations as teachers of norms: the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cutural Organization and science policy

    Martha Finnemore

  • The purpose of intervention : changing beliefs about the use of force

    Martha Finnemore

  • Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics

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  • Constructing Norms of Humanitarian Intervention

    Martha Finnemore;Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Alternatives to “Legalization”: Richer Views of Law and Politics

    Martha Finnemore;Stephen J. Toope

  • Who governs the globe

    Deborah D. Avant;Martha Finnemore;Susan K. Sell

  • Who Governs the Globe?: Authority dynamics and governance outcomes

    Deborah D. Avant;Martha Finnemore;Susan K. Sell

  • The Purpose of Intervention: Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force

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  • Legitimacy, Hypocrisy, and the Social Structure of Unipolarity

    Martha Finnemore

  • Legitimacy, Hypocrisy, and the Social Structure of Unipolarity: Why Being a Unipole Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be

    Martha Finnemore

  • Power in Global Governance: The power of liberal international organizations

    Michael Barnett;Martha Finnemore

  • International relations theory and the consequences of unipolarity

    G. John Ikenberry;Michael Mastanduno;William Curti Wohlforth

  • The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations

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  • Exporting the English School

    Martha Finnemore

  • The New Transnationalism and Comparative Politics

    Mitchell A. Orenstein;Hans Peter Schmitz

  • Who Governs the Globe?: Who governs the globe?

    Deborah D. Avant;Martha Finnemore;Susan K. Sell

  • Ontology, methodology, and causation in the American school of international political economy

    Henry Farrell;Martha Finnemore

  • Organizational reform and the expansion of the south's voice at the fund

    Peter Evans;Martha Finnemore

  • Back to basics : state power in a contemporary world

    Martha Finnemore;Judith Goldstein

  • Fights about rules: the role of efficacy and power in changing multilateralism

    Martha Finnemore

  • Getting a Seat at the Table: The Origins of Universal Participation and Modern Multilateral Conferences

    Martha Finnemore;Michelle Jurkovich

  • Dynamics of Global Governance: Building on What We Know

    Martha Finnemore

  • Who Governs the Globe?: Conclusion: authority, legitimacy, and accountability in global politics

    Deborah D. Avant;Martha Finnemore;Susan K. Sell

  • The Purpose of Intervention: Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force

    Martha Finnemore;Randall Schweller

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah Avant
Deborah Avant University of Denver
Henry Farrell
Henry Farrell Johns Hopkins University
Kathryn Sikkink
Kathryn Sikkink Harvard University
Peter Evans
Peter Evans University of California, Berkeley

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