Intro; Acknowledgement; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction: Mistakes and Failures in International Relations; The Concepts of Mistakes and Failures and How to Study Them; Why Things Go Wrong: The Causes of Mistakes and Failures; Failures, Mistakes and the Attribution of Responsibility; Structure of the Book; Learning about/​from Mistakes and Failures; References; Part I: Foreign and Security Policy; Chapter 2: From Precaution to Prejudice: Mistakes in Counter-terrorism.
Mistakes in Counter-terrorismCounter-terrorism: Effective and Value for Money?; Mistakes, Misapplication and Unintended Consequences in Counter-terrorism Programmes; Mistakes: Identity, Interpretation, Action; Misapplication: Precautionary Policing and â#x80;#x98;Stop and Searchâ#x80;#x99; Counter-terrorism Powers; From Precaution to Prejudice: Unintended Consequences and Suspect Communities in Counter-terrorism Policing; Conclusion: Mistakes, Misapplications and Unintended Consequences and Failure; References.
Chapter 3: The Social Construction of Mistakes: Germanyâ#x80;#x99;s Abstention on UN Security Council Resolution 1973 on LibyaNarratives and the Social Construction of Mistakes; Germanyâ#x80;#x99;s Abstention on UN Security Council Resolution 1973 on Libya; Setting; Characterization; Emplotment; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Where Berlin Got It Terribly Wrong: German Foreign Policy Fiascos in the News Media; Fiascos, Norms and Media Frames; Issues and Events; Voices and Blaming; Non-fiascos: The Kunduz Incident; Conclusion; References.
Chapter 5: Policymaking in the Pub: New Labourâ#x80;#x99;s European Policy FailureMethodological Challenges: Identifying Agency in Foreign Policymaking; Frame Contestation Over New Labourâ#x80;#x99;s European Policy Record; The Red Lion Fiasco; Conclusion; References; Part II: International Political Economy; Chapter 6: Private Governance Failures and Their Consequences: Towards Enhanced Legal Control of Private Authorities in Finance and Security?; The Path-dependent Power-political Response to Private Governance Failures.
Â#x80;#x98;Power Without Accountabilityâ#x80;#x99;, Private Governance Failures and the Demand for Institutional Change in Finance and SecurityState Responses to Private Governance Failures: Enhanced Legal Control of Private Authorities in Finance and Security; Post-crisis Moves to Enhance Legal Control of CRAs; Post-Iraq and Afghanistan Moves Towards Enhanced Legal Control of PMSCs; Conclusion: Learning from Failures?; References; Chapter 7: The â#x80;#x98;Get Out of Jail Cardâ#x80;#x99;: The Immunity Risk Provides Financial Markets and Regulators from the Consequences of Their Mistakes.

This edited volume analyzes mistakes in different areas of international relations including the realms of security, foreign policy, finance, health, development, environmental policy and migration. By starting out from a broad concept of mistakes as “something [considered to have] gone wrong” the edited volume enables comparisons of various kinds of mistakes from a range of analytical perspectives, including objectivist and interpretivist approaches, in order to draw out answers to the following guiding questions: • How does one identify and research a mistake? • Why do mistakes happen? • How are actors made responsible? • When and how do actors learn from mistakes? This book will be of great interest to scholars, undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as practitioners in International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Security Studies, International Political Economy, and Diplomatic History.--