List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: Conversations and the Evolution of Practice Theorizing: 1. Conceptualizing international practices: establishing a research agenda in conversations Alena Drieschova and Christian Bueger; 2. Critiques of the practice turn in IR theory: some responses Ted Hopf; Part II. Key Concepts of IR Scholarship: 3. Epistemic communities of practice Emanuel Adler and Michael Faubert; 4. Practices and norms: relationships, disjunctures and change Steven Bernstein and Marion Laurence; 5. The Normativity of international practices Frank Gadinger; 6. Resistance as practice: counter-conduct after foucault William Walters; 7. For a practice approach to authority: the case of the emergence of central bankers' international authority Joelle Dumouchel; 8. Evolution in international practices Vincent Pouliot; Part III. Innovative Concepts: 9. The dynamics of repetition: translocal practice and transnational negotiations Hilmar Schäfe; 10. Visibility: practices of seeing and overlooking Jonathan Luke Austin with Anna Leander; Part III. Conclusion: The Future of Practice Theorizing: 11. Practices and a 'theory' of action? some conceptual issues concerning 'ends', 'reasons' and 'happiness' Friedrich Kratochwil; 12. Conclusion: The semiotic web of international practice theorizing Alena Drieschova and Christian Bueger; References; Index.