International Relations Scholarship Around the World

ISBN-13: 9780415772358 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 368 str.

Arlene B. Tickner;Ole Wæver

Opis

This book provides the most comprehensive global analysis of international relations ever published, assessing the state of the discipline in different corners of the world, through insights derived from sociology of science and postcolonial theory.

It has become widely accepted that the discipline of International Relations (IR) is ironically not "international" at all. IR scholars are part of a global discipline with a single, shared object of study - the world, and yet theorizing gravitates around a number of concepts that have been conceived solely in the United States.

The purpose of this book is to re-balance this "western bias" by examining the ways in which IR has evolved and is practiced around the world. The fifteen case studies offer fresh insights into the political and socioeconomic environments that characterize diverse geocultural sites and the ways in which these traits inform and condition scholarly activity in International Relations.

 

By bringing together scholars living and working across the globe Tickner and Wæver provide the most comprehensive analysis of IR ever published.

It is essential reading for anyone who is concerned about the history, development and future of international relations.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Geocultural Epistemologies Arlene B. Tickner and Ole Wæver  2. Latin America: Still Policy Dependant after all these Years? Arlene B. Tickner  3. South Africa: Between History and a Hard Place Maxi Schoeman  4. Africa: Teaching IR Where its Not Supposed to Be Cirino Hiteng Ofuho  5. Japan, Korea and Taiwan: Are One Hundred Flowers about to Bloom? Takashi Inoguchi  6. China: Between Copying and Constructing Yiwei Wang  7. Southeast Asia: Theory and Praxis in International Relations See Seng Tan  8. South Asia: A "Realist" Past and Alternative Futures Navnita Chadha Behera  9. Iran: Accomplishments and Limitations in IR Mahmood Sariolghalam  10. Arab World Baghat Korany and Karim Makidisi  11. Israel: The Development of a Discipline in a Unique Setting Arie M. Kacowicz  12. Turkey: Towards Homebrown Theorizing and Building a Disciplinary Community Ersel Aydinli and Julie Mathews  13. Russia: IR at a Cross-Road Alexander Sergounin  14. Central and Eastern Europe: Between Continuity and Change Petr Drulak, Jans Karlas and Lucie Konigova  15. Western Europe: Structure and Strategy at the National and Regional Levels Jorg Freidrichs and Ole Wæver  16. The "Crimson World": The Anglo Core, the Post-Imperial Non-Core, and the Hegemony of American IR Wayne S. Cox and Kim Richard Nossal  17. The Parochialism of Hegemony: Challenges for "American" International Relations Tom J. Biersteker  18. Conclusion: Worlding Where the West Once Was Arlene B. Tickner and Ole Wæver