International Relations Scholarship Around the World

by Tickner; Arlene B.

• ISBN13: 9780415772365
• ISBN10: 0415772362
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-08-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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 W ver 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction

International Relations Studies in Africa

Between Copying and Constructing: China Is Seeking Its IR Theory

Are One Hundred Flowers About to Blossom? International Relations Studies in East Asia; Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China

Got Theory? Reflections on Thinking and Doing Security Studies on Southeast Asia

South Asia

International Relations in Iran: Accomplishments and Limitations

International Relations Studies in the Arab world

The State of International Relations in Israel: The Development of a Discipline in a Unique Setting

Towards Homegrown Theorizing and Building a Disciplinary Community in Turkish IR

At Cross-roads: IR in post-Communist Russia Alexander Sergounin

Continuity and Change in the Discipline of IR in Central and Eastern Europe Countries

International Relations Studies in Western Europe (excluding the UK)

International Relations Studies in Latin America: Intellectual Subordination or Autonomous Thinking?

The Crimson Divide: the Anglo Core, the Post-Imperial Non-Core, and the Hegemony of American IR

American IR and its Misjudging of the World

Conclusion

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