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Uncertainty and Its Discontents
Worldviews in World Politics
Cambridge University PressWalter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies
Ideas that shape world politics.
Peter J. Katzenstein is a German-American political scientist whose work connects comparative politics, international relations, political economy, security, and culture.
40+Books & edited volumes
100+Articles & chapters
1973Joined Cornell
2020Johan Skytte Prize
About the author
Research and teaching at the intersection of international relations and comparative politics.
“Power, uncertainty, regions, civilizations, and the changing place of America in the world.”
Peter Joachim Katzenstein is the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies at Cornell University. His scholarship examines political economy, security, culture, identity, and the ways regional and civilizational contexts shape world politics.
He has written, co-written, edited, or co-edited nearly forty books and has published more than one hundred articles and book chapters. His recent work focuses on uncertainty, power, regions, civilizations, German politics, and America’s role in the international order.
His academic career includes leadership in the American Political Science Association, fellowships at major research institutes, honorary degrees, and recognition for research and teaching.
Selected publications
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Downfall: The End of the American Order
Co-edited with Jonathan Kirshner
Cornell University Press03
Protean Power
Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics; co-edited with Lucia A. Seybert
Cambridge University Press04
Anglo-America and Its Discontents
Civilizational Identities beyond West and East
Routledge05
Beyond Paradigms
Analytic Eclecticism in the Study of World Politics; with Rudra Sil
Palgrave Macmillan06
A World of Regions
Asia and Europe in the American Imperium
Cornell University Press07
Tamed Power
Germany in Europe
Cornell University Press08
The Culture of National Security
Norms and Identity in World Politics
Columbia University Press09
Small States in World Markets
Industrial Policy in Europe
Cornell University Press10
Corporatism and Change
Austria, Switzerland, and the Politics of Industry
Cornell University Press11
International Organization and Foreign Policy
Selected early research in international relations
Academic journals12
Power, Uncertainty, and World Politics
Research on power, regions, civilizations, and political uncertainty
Ongoing researchNo publications match this search.
Academic resume
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- Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, Cornell University
- Faculty member, Department of Government, since 1973
- Visiting Research Professor, Social Science Center Berlin
- International relations and comparative politics
- International political economy
- Security, culture, identity, regions, and civilizations
- Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
- Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award
- Susan Strange Award
- Fellow of the British Academy
- More than one hundred dissertation committees
- Stephen and Margery Russell Distinguished Teaching Award
- Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow
“The most productive scholarship often begins where established categories stop being sufficient.”Research across comparative politics and international relations
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