ABSTRACT
In writing the book, however, I have come to realize that perhaps the most important objective in addition to the three above is to show graduate students and faculty how and why the body of interpretive work in international relations demonstrates an impressive achievement. 1 There is now, in other words, a corpus of interpretivist work that is notable and exciting in its reach across the subfi elds of IR, depth of conceptual and empirical understanding, and path-breaking
nature. This corpus of work has longstanding roots in the discipline. It is growing in volume and expanding in new directions, making new connections and developing new synergies. Interpretivisits, therefore, should take heart.
