1st Edition

International Relations Scholarship Around the World

Edited By Arlene B. Tickner, Ole Wæver Copyright 2009
    368 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    366 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    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.

    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  

    Biography

    Arlene B. Tickner is Professor of International Relations in the Political Science Department of the Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia.

    Ole Wæver is Professor of International Relations in the Political Science Department of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Director of the recently created Centre for Advanced Security Theory.

    "This is an excellent collection of reviews of the state of the subject of International Relations in 16 areas of the world. As such it is the most comprehensive survey of how international relations is studied around the world. Usually, the subject of International Relations is studied from within a dominant framework, based on the theories and approaches found in the United States; this book is the first detailed attempt to look at how the rest of the world thinks about international relations. This incredibly important collection of essays paints a sophisticated picture of the construction of the discipline of International relations. The 16 case studies are set in a context by excellent introductory and concluding chapters. Wæver and Tickner have produced the best review of how international relations is studied throughout the world. This is an invaluable book for anyone interested in the discipline of International Relations, how it is dominated by a US literature, and what alternatives exist in other parts of the world for understanding contemporary world politics." - Professor Steve Smith, Vice-Chancellor, University of Exeter, UK

    For a discipline that calls itself international, it is remarkable how little attention has been paid by International Relations to scholarship outside the United States and Europe. Long overdue, this important book offers the first comprehensive view of the IR discipline on a global scale. The thoughtful and carefully considered case studies, written by scholars, all of whom live in the areas about which they write, ask what is the meaning of "theory" and the "international" in the various locales from which they speak. This book is essential reading for all IR scholars and their students who aspire to a truly global perspective on our discipline. - J. Ann Tickner, Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California, USA