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Uncertainty and Its Discontents
Worldviews in World Politics
Cambridge University Press
Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies
Researching power in an uncertain world
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 Peter J. Katzenstein
A fuller biography, honors overview, and key academic links are available on the dedicated About page.
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 research
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Academic resume
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Courses
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Making Sense of World Politics
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Open syllabus ↗America Confronts the World
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Open syllabus ↗Exceptionalism Questioned: America and Europe
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Open syllabus ↗America, Business and the International Political Economy
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Open syllabus ↗“The most productive scholarship often begins where established categories stop being sufficient.”Research across comparative politics and international relations
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