Applying concepts in international relations: The language of causal explanation in high- and low-graded concept-application essays
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DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2020.06.002
Abstract: Abstract This paper presents findings from a systemic-functional investigation of the causal language used in high- and low-graded essays (HGEs and LGEs) in a university-level CLIL course on the topic of International Relations. The essay… read more here.
Keywords: high low; low graded; language; causal ... See more keywords
The determinants of war in international relations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2017.09.010
Abstract: Abstract The study of warfare is one of the oldest and most important dynamics of interest for students of politics. This area of research is predominantly − but not exclusively − undertaken within the sub-field… read more here.
Keywords: determinants war; war; level; level explores ... See more keywords
Norbert Elias’s contribution to Andrew Linklater’s contribution to International Relations
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DOI: 10.1017/s0260210517000237
Abstract: Abstract Andrew Linklater’s projected trilogy of books for Cambridge University Press rests distinctively on the work of the sociologist Norbert Elias (1897–1990). Linklater is creating a powerful theoretical orientation for the field of International Relations… read more here.
Keywords: elias contribution; contribution; norbert elias; contribution andrew ... See more keywords
Women, wars, and world affairs: Recovering feminist International Relations, 1915–39
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DOI: 10.1017/s026021051700050x
Abstract: Abstract The academic study of International Relations (IR) emerged in the context of transnational networks of scholars, diplomats, politicians, and activists. Contrary to conventional wisdom, women belonged to these networks in various capacities and, crucially,… read more here.
Keywords: affairs recovering; international relations; women wars; recovering feminist ... See more keywords
‘What’s love got to do with it?’ Ethics, emotions, and encounter in International Relations
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DOI: 10.1017/s0260210518000426
Abstract: Abstract By paying attention to love, this article offers a grammatical reading of International Relations’ founding grammar of inside/outside as an ethics of encounter. The decision to focus on love is, I suggest, to contend… read more here.
Keywords: got ethics; encounter international; ethics emotions; emotions encounter ... See more keywords
Space, scale, and global politics: Towards a critical approach to space in international relations
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DOI: 10.1017/s026021052100036x
Abstract: Abstract Space matters for global politics but the treatment thereof in International Relations (IR) has been uneven. There is broad interest in spatial aspects across many research communities but only a nascent theoretical discussion and… read more here.
Keywords: space scale; international relations; scale global; global politics ... See more keywords
Communities of practice and what they can do for International Relations
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DOI: 10.1017/s0260210521000528
Abstract: Abstract This article argues that communities of practice (CoPs) provide IR with a unique way to understand how a small group of committed people can make a difference to international politics. The point is addressed… read more here.
Keywords: international relations; practice; practice international; communities practice ... See more keywords
Why Does Pluralism Matter When We Study Politics? A View from Contemporary International Relations
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592717002201
Abstract: Pluralism has become a buzzword in International Relations. It has emerged in a number of linked literatures and has drawn the support of an unusual coalition of scholars: advocates of greater methodological diversity; those who… read more here.
Keywords: matter study; study politics; pluralism matter; pluralism ... See more keywords
Kant’s International Relations: The Political Theology of Perpetual Peace. By Seán Molloy. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017. 270p. $75.00 cloth.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592718004395
Abstract: authors’ theoretical priors, the military conflict model seems solid. For the economic conflict model, I wondered at the decision to evaluate the rising power of each BRICS country (the independent dimension) purely within its home… read more here.
Keywords: conflict; economic conflict; international relations; peace ... See more keywords
Causation, complexity, and the Concert: the pragmatics of causal explanation in International Relations
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DOI: 10.1057/jird.2016.10
Abstract: A causal explanation provides information about the causal history of whatever is being explained. However, most causal histories extend back almost infinitely and can be described in almost infinite detail. Causal explanations therefore involve choices… read more here.
Keywords: causal explanations; causal explanation; causation complexity; international relations ... See more keywords
short games series as new pedagogical tools: the international relations games show
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DOI: 10.1057/s41304-017-0126-7
Abstract: This article discusses the advantages and drawbacks of a new pedagogical tool that is short games series. As an illustration, it introduces what could be called the ‘International Relations Games Show’, a series of six… read more here.
Keywords: short games; games series; games show; series ... See more keywords