International Relations in a Global Age : A Conceptual Challenge
Gillian. Youngs
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (178 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: From International Relations to Global Relations; The basis for this study; State-centrism and beyond; Spatiality; The parameters of this conceptual journey; Feminist thought and the conceptual challenge; Back to the state; Part I Inside State-centrism; 1 Embedded State-centrism: From Realism to Neorealism; State/market problematic; Actors, agency and structure; State as rational man writ large; 2 Conceptual Determinism Revealed; 'Economism' as reductionism; Social dynamics obscured; Gender and political economy. - ConclusionPart II Beyond State-centrism; 3 Beyond Superficial Paradigmatism; Fundamental versus superficial paradigmatism; Theory as discourse; Gender as radical category; 4 Beyond the Normative Divide; The realist/idealist moment; Spatial understanding and normative issues; New analytical contexts for normative concerns; Conclusion; Part III The Spaces of Global Relations; 5 States, Time and Space; Spatiality; Reclaiming/reinventing agency; Radicalizing spatial understanding of the local: gendered imperatives; 6 Political Economy of Spatiality; Global/local: rethinking social boundaries. - Inequality and spatialitySpace/time relations and patriarchal structures; Conclusion; Seeing states afresh; The Conceptual Challenge: Concluding Thoughts; Thinking collectively; Gender analysis and global relations: the power of theory and practice; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - The book investigates the ways in which state-centred approaches to international relations have limited our understanding of global, political, economic and cultural processes. By assessing a wide range of such state-centred work, Youngs identifies the challenges we must address to grasp the complexity of the contemporary world.
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| Emner | International relations
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| ISBN | 0745613705. - 0745613713
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