The Rise of Paradiplomacy in International Relations
The rise of paradiplomatic activity, which has been recognized and normalized, should not be seen as a displacement of the state but as its complement within IR.
Review – Connected Sociologies
As sociology’s imagined European centre comes apart, Bhambra’s book will remain a vital text for those wishing to understand where we have been and where we are going to.
Taking Time Seriously and the Value of Generational Analysis in IR
If we want to take time seriously in IR we will need to think through the epistemological implications and complications entailed in making such an analytical shift.
Interview – J. Ann Tickner
Professor J. Ann Tickner discusses the vibrancy of contemporary feminist IR, the divide between positivism and postpositivism and the need for IR from the margins.
Sociotheology: The Significance of Religious Worldviews
Being empathetic is not the same as morally approving of violence but understanding that there can be a political and religious rationale behind ‘their’ violence.
Anarchism and Non-Representational Theory in the Social Sciences
While the British cybernetics movement remained marginalized, anarchism can be viewed with more relevance in a post-representational social scientific milieu.
Interview – Stephen Hopgood
Professor Hopgood discusses the “dissolution of the West”, the dilemmas of human rights activism, and the obstacles to achieving humanitarian aims via the ICC and R2P.
Review – Culture Troubles: Politics and the Interpretation of Meaning
Irrespective of slight flaws, the authors provide a convincing analysis in favour of a cultural approach that provides a voice to those who are all too often overlooked.
Towards Heartfelt Positivity as a New Approach for (Feminist) IR
Feminist IR is preoccupied with the study of suffering, exploitation and vulnerabilities. A new approach should draw upon posthumanism to include joy, amusement and heartfelt positivity.
Masculinity in IR: Feminist Interventions
Feminist scholarship has highlighted a problem in studying gender within IR, which rests not in the problem of “missing men” but rather the elision of women and women’s perspectives.
