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Peter J. Katzenstein

Peter J. Katzenstein

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Political Science
USA
2023

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Political Science

D-Index
54
Citations
21889
World Ranking
170
National Ranking
106

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science For “furthering the understanding of how history, culture, and norms shape economies, as well as national and global security policy
  • 1988 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1986 - Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Peter J. Katzenstein is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans multiple intersecting academic fields, with a primary focus on political science and international relations. Their work also touches upon religious studies, anthropology, sociology and political science, and the history and philosophy of science.

Their scholarly output reflects a broad engagement with several main topics, including:

  • Biblical Studies and Interpretation
  • Classical Antiquity Studies
  • American Constitutional Law and Politics
  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • Religion and Society Interactions
  • Political Philosophy and Ethics
  • History of Science and Medicine

Katzenstein's recent papers include:

  • "Protean power: a second look," 2020, International Theory
  • "Is There a Chinese School of IR Theory?," 2024, The Chinese Journal of International Politics
  • "Daniel Philpott: Bridging Secular and Religious Politics in International Relations," 2021, The Review of Faith & International Affairs
  • "JPH volume 33 issue 3 Cover and Back matter," 2021, Journal of Policy History (co-authored by John Campbell)
  • "HET volume 43 issue 3 Cover and Back matter," 2021, Journal of the History of Economic Thought (co-authored by John Campbell)

The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • International Organization
  • International Theory
  • The Chinese Journal of International Politics
  • The Review of Faith & International Affairs
  • Journal of Policy History

Peter J. Katzenstein has collaborated extensively with several co-authors including:

  • Miles Kahler
  • Stephan Haggard
  • Amitav Acharya
  • David Leheny
  • Thomas Christensen

Their book publications are associated with prominent academic presses, including:

  • "Uncertainty and Its Discontents," published by Cambridge University Press in 2022
  • "Corporatism and Change," published by Cornell University Press eBooks in 2020
  • "Ghosts in the Neighborhood," published by University of Michigan Press in 2022

Among the awards received by Katzenstein are the 2020 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, granted for advancing understanding of how history, culture, and norms shape economies as well as national and global security policy. Additional recognitions include fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1988) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1987), as well as the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award from the American Political Science Association (1986).

Best Publications

  • Small States in World Markets: Industrial Policy in Europe

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Norms, Identity and Culture in National Security

    Ronald L. Jepperson;Alexander Wendt;Peter J. Katzenstein

  • International Organization and the Study of World Politics

    Peter J. Katzenstein;Robert O. Keohane;Stephen D. Krasner

  • Small states in world markets

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World Politics

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  • Bringing Transnational Relations Back In

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  • Policy and Politics in West Germany: The Growth of a Semisovereign State

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • A World Of Regions: Asia And Europe In The American Imperium

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • The Culture of National Security

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Between Power And Plenty: Foreign Economic Policies Of Advanced Industrial States

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Why Is There No NATO in Asia? Collective Identity, Regionalism, and the Origins of Multilateralism

    Christopher M. Hemmer;Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Anti-Americanisms in World Politics

    Peter J. Katzenstein;Robert O. Keohane

  • Corporatism and change : Austria, Switzerland, and the politics of industry

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Cultural Norms and National Security: Police and Military in Postwar Japan

    Eliot A. Cohen;Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Tamed Power: Germany In Europe

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Cultural Realism and Strategy in Maoist China

    Alastair Iain Johnston;Peter J. Katzenstein

  • International relations and domestic structures: Foreign economic policies of advanced industrial states

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Uncertainty, risk, and the financial crisis of 2008

    Stephen C. Nelson;Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Regionalism and Asia

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Eclectic Theorizing in the Study and Practice of International Relations

    Peter Katzenstein;Rudra Sil

  • Small States and Small States Revisited

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Regionalism in Comparative Perspective

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Same War—Different Views: Germany, Japan, and Counterterrorism

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Introduction: domestic and international forces and strategies of foreign economic policy

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Conclusion: domestic structures and strategies of foreign economic policy

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Civilizations in world politics : plural and pluralist perspectives

    Peter J. Katzenstein

  • Exploration And Contestation In The Study Of World Politics

    Peter J. Katzenstein;Robert O. Keohane;Stephen D. Krasner

  • Beyond Japan: The Dynamics of East Asian Regionalism

    Peter J. Katzenstein;Takashi Shiraishi

  • Religion in an Expanding Europe: References

    Timothy A. Byrnes;Peter J. Katzenstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert O. Keohane
Robert O. Keohane Princeton University
Stephen D. Krasner
Stephen D. Krasner Stanford University
Alastair Iain Johnston
Alastair Iain Johnston Harvard University
Peter Evans
Peter Evans University of California, Berkeley
James C. Scott
James C. Scott Yale University
Theda Skocpol
Theda Skocpol Harvard University
Adam Przeworski
Adam Przeworski New York University
J. Mark Ramseyer
J. Mark Ramseyer Harvard University
Karl Marx
Karl Marx Independent Scientist / Consultant, UK
James F. Scott
James F. Scott University of St Andrews

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