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International relations - still an American social science? : Toward diversity in international thought

This is a book valuable evaluation of the propensity toward parochialism in international thought. It analyzes the implications in terms of how the "problems" of international relations, the theoretical tools constructed to deal with them, and the direction of theoretical debate often reflect the unconscious bias of the national domains in which these intellectual activities are conducted. It scans the breadth of the contemporary discipline, broadly attempting to take its pulse and assess the contours of its new diversity.
Print Book, English, 2001
State Univ. of New York Press, Albany, NY, 2001
Aufsatzsammlung USA Politische Theorie Internationale Politik
XIII, 394 Seiten : Diagramme ; 24 cm.
9780791447031, 9780791447048, 0791447030, 0791447049
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Tables and Figures
ix
Prefacexi
Introduction International Relations as an Academic Discipline: If It's Good for America, Is It Good for the World?1(26)
Robert M. A. Crawford
PART I Hegemony and Diversity in International Thought
An American Social Science: International Relations
27(26)
Stanley Hoffmann
What Does it Mean to be an American Social Science? A Pragmatist Case for Diversity in International Relations
53(20)
Molly Cochran
Along the Road of International Theory in the Next Millennium: Four Travelogues
73(28)
Kalevi J. Holsti
Identity Politics, Postmodern Feminisms and International Theory: Questioning the ``New'' Diversity in International Relations
101(30)
D. S. L. Jarvis
Can There be National Perspectives on Inter(National) Relations?
131(20)
Tony Porter
PART II National and TransNational Identities in InterNational Theory
Hegemony and Autonomy in International Relations: The Continental Experience
151(16)
A. J. R. Groom
Peter Mandaville
Tales that Textbooks Tell: Ethnocentricity and Diversity in American Introductions to International Relations
167(20)
Kim Richard Nossal
The End of International Relations?
187(16)
Martin Grifiths
Terry O'Callaghan
Fog in the Channel: Continental International Relations Theory Isolated (Or an essay on the Paradoxes of Diversity and Parochilaism in IR Theory)
203(18)
Chris Brown
Where Have All the Theorists Gone---Gone to Britain, Every One? A Story of Two Parochialisms in International Relations
221(22)
Robert M. A. Crawford
Above the ``American Discipline'': A Canadian Perspective on Epistemological and Pedagogical Diversity
243(12)
Mark Neufeld
Teresa Healy
Transcending National Identity: The Global Political Economy of Gender and Class
255(22)
Jan Pettman
PART III Toward Diversity in International Thought
International Relations and Cognate Disciplines: From Economics to Historical Sociology
277(22)
James L. Richardson
At the Wood's Edge: Toward a Theoretical Clearing for Indigenous Diplomacies in International Relations
299(26)
Roger Epp
Out with Theory---In with Practical Reflection: Toward a New Understanding of Realist Moral Skepticism
325(24)
Roger D. Spegele
Beyond International Relations: Edward Said and the World
349(20)
Pal Ahluwalia
Michael Sullivan
Conclusion International Relations: An International Discipline?369(12)
D. S. L. Jarvis
Contributors381(6)
Index387