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48
Citations
9438
World Ranking
282
National Ranking
161

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 1996 - International Balzan Prize
  • 1987 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1964 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Stanley Hoffmann was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily contributed to the social sciences, with a focus on political science and international relations, as well as sociology and political science. The subfields reflect an interdisciplinary approach that bridges sociology and political frameworks.

The main topics addressed in Hoffmann's work included:

  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • Peacebuilding and International Security
  • International Law and Human Rights

Hoffmann's recent scholarly output included a paper titled Laurence Wylie. Village in the Vaucluse (1957) published in 2021 in the Revue française de science politique. This publication contributes to the single-record presence in this venue.

Their research collaborations included frequent co-authorship with:

  • David Elmes
  • Minda De
  • Adolphus Busch Hall With Guido
  • Charles S. Maier
  • Abby Collins

Hoffmann's contributions also extended to book publications. Two books titled Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention, both dated 2025, were published by the University of Notre Dame Press eBooks. Together, these works have garnered a small number of citations.

Recognition for Hoffmann's academic work included several awards: the International Balzan Prize in 1996, and two fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, awarded in 1964 and 1987.

Best Publications

  • Obstinate or Obsolete? The Fate of the Nation-State and the Case of Western Europe

    Stanley Hoffmann

  • An American Social Science: International Relations (1977)

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  • Reflections on the Nation-State in Western Europe Today

    Stanley Hoffmann

  • The Crisis of Liberal Internationalism

    Stanley Hoffmann

  • The New European Community: Decisionmaking And Institutional Change

    Robert O. Keohane;Stanley Hoffmann

  • Institutional Change in Europe in the 1980s

    Robert O. Keohane;Stanley Hoffmann

  • Duties Beyond Borders

    Stanley Hoffmann;Terry Nardin

  • Clash of Globalizations

    Stanley Hoffmann

  • Duties Beyond Borders: On the Limits and Possibilities of Ethical International Politics

    Stanley Hoffmann

  • Living with Nuclear Weapons

    Albert Carnesale;Paul Doty;Stanley Hoffmann;Samuel P. Huntington

  • After the Cold War: International Institutions and State Strategies in Europe, 1989-1991

    Robert O. Keohane;Joseph S. Nye;Stanley Hoffmann

  • The New European Community

    Fritz Stern;Robert O. Keohane;Stanley Hoffmann;John Pinder

  • Towards a Common European Foreign and Security Policy

    Stanley Hoffmann

  • Primacy or World Order : American Foreign Policy Since the Cold War

    Stanley Hoffmann

  • Gulliver's troubles, or the setting of American foreign policy

    Stanley Hoffmann

  • The Mitterrand experiment : continuity and change in modern France

    George Ross;Stanley Hoffmann;Sylvia Malzacher

  • The state of war

    Stanley Hoffmann

  • Contemporary Theory in International Relations

    Norman D. Palmer;Stanley H. Hoffmann

  • International Relations: The Long Road to Theory

    Stanley H. Hoffmann

  • The American Enemy: The History of French Anti-Americanism

    Stanley Hoffmann;Philippe Roger

  • The European Community and 1992

    Stanley Hoffmann

  • Janus And Minerva: Essays In The Theory And Practice Of International Politics

    Stanley Hoffmann

  • Contemporary Theory in International Relations

    Donald E. Smith;Stanley Hoffmann

  • The Hell of Good Intentions

    Stanley Hoffmann

  • German Atrocities 1914. A History of Denial

    Anne Rasmussen;John Horne;Alan Kramer

  • Contemporary Theory in International Relations

    R. N. Rosecrance;Stanley H. Hoffmann

  • Duties Beyond Borders: On the Limits and Possibilities of Ethical International Politics.

    Michael G. Schechter;Stanley Hoffmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert O. Keohane
Robert O. Keohane Princeton University
Joseph S. Nye
Joseph S. Nye Harvard University
Charles S. Maier
Charles S. Maier Harvard University
Karl W. Deutsch
Karl W. Deutsch Harvard University
Richard A. Falk
Richard A. Falk Princeton University
Louis Henkin
Louis Henkin Columbia University
Thomas M. Franck
Thomas M. Franck New York University
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Wesleyan University
Paul Doty
Paul Doty Harvard University

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