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Die innenpolitischen Restriktionen außenpolitischer Entscheidungsprozesse sind ein wichtiger Erklärungsfaktor für das Handeln von Regierungen auf internationaler Ebene. Jedoch besteht in der Außenpolitikforschung gerade bei der Analyse des innerstaatlichen Handlungsspielraums von Regierungen in Zwei-Ebenen-Konstellationen ein erhebliches Theoriedefizit. Es ist das zentrale Anliegen des Bandes, dieses Theoriedefizit zu beheben. Dazu nutzt die Studie das theoretische Instrumentarium des Principal-Agent-Ansatzes und entwickelt daraus ein Analysekonzept zur Bestimmung der innerstaatlichen Restriktionen von Außenpolitik in Zwei-Ebenen-Spielen. Mit Hilfe dieses Konzepts untersucht der Band die herausragenden Wegmarken der Europapolitik Großbritanniens unter Tony Blair. Er bietet damit zum Ende der Ära Blair eine Bilanz der europapolitischen Erfolge und Misserfolge New Labours.

Abstract
The article contributes to scholarship on symbolic interactionist role theory in Foreign Policy Analysis, focusing on the concept of altercasting. Altercasting refers to verbal and non-verbal state behaviors in a role relationship to cast another state into roles that are complementary to its own roles. The article suggests putting more attention on the agency of the actor "doing" the altercasting to gain a better understanding of how altercasting works. To this purpose, the article develops a framework to unpack the agency of the altercasting actor. The framework addresses the preconditions for actors to engage in altercasting, the interplay of altercasting with domestic politics, and the available altercasting techniques. The article illustrates this framework in a case study on the efforts of the Biden administration to altercast Germany into a "faithful ally" role vis-à-vis China when the new German government transitioned into office in late 2021. Building on evidence from expert interviews among the U.S. foreign policy community, the case study demonstrates that the Biden administration had clear role expectations of Germany and understood the balance of opinion between the German coalition parties. The Biden administration used the altercasting techniques of self-presentation, signaling approval, and disapproval and making direct behavioral demands.

The article contributes to scholarship on symbolic interactionist role theory in Foreign Policy Analysis, focusing on the concept of altercasting. Altercasting refers to verbal and non-verbal state behaviors in a role relationship to cast another state into roles that are complementary to its own roles. The article suggests putting more attention on the agency of the actor "doing" the altercasting to gain a better understanding of how altercasting works. To this purpose, the article develops a framework to unpack the agency of the altercasting actor. The framework addresses the preconditions for actors to engage in altercasting, the interplay of altercasting with domestic politics, and the available altercasting techniques. The article illustrates this framework in a case study on the efforts of the Biden administration to altercast Germany into a "faithful ally" role vis-à-vis China when the new German government transitioned into office in late 2021. Building on evidence from expert interviews among the U.S. foreign policy community, the case study demonstrates that the Biden administration had clear role expectations of Germany and understood the balance of opinion between the German coalition parties. The Biden administration used the altercasting techniques of self-presentation, signaling approval, and disapproval and making direct behavioral demands.