New Agenda for International Relations

There have been significant political eras which have shaped not
only the structure of world politics but the way in which it has
been studied. The geopolitical and ideological contours of the Cold
War period, for example, had an impact on almost every aspect of
world politics and the study of international relations for around
45 years.

This book argues that, just as the collapse of the Soviet Union
in the period following the fall of the Berlin Wall signalled the
end of strategic polarization, it also marked the apparent end of a
particular form of polarized debate around political, social and
economic ideas. The various new directions taken by scholars of
international relations in the post-Cold War era constitute a large
part of a 'new agenda' for the discipline. This collection
reflects the variety of issues and approaches that have become part
and parcel of this agenda over the past ten years.

Issues tackled in this volume include the power of culture and
ideology, the concept of globalisation, inequality, human rights
and security as well as reflections on new forms of polarization in
the post-Cold War world. Each contributor addresses the nature of
changes and continuities in world politics, considers how the
discipline of international relations itself has changed and
reflects on possible directions for the twenty-first Century.

This book will be of great interest to scholars of international
relations, global politics, economics and related disciplines.

Autorentext

Stephanie Lawson is Professor of Politics and
International Relations at Macquarie University.

Zusammenfassung
There have been significant political eras which have shaped not only the structure of world politics but the way in which it has been studied. The geopolitical and ideological contours of the Cold War period, for example, had an impact on almost every aspect of world politics and the study of international relations for around 45 years.

This book argues that, just as the collapse of the Soviet Union in the period following the fall of the Berlin Wall signalled the end of strategic polarization, it also marked the apparent end of a particular form of polarized debate around political, social and economic ideas. The various new directions taken by scholars of international relations in the post-Cold War era constitute a large part of a 'new agenda' for the discipline. This collection reflects the variety of issues and approaches that have become part and parcel of this agenda over the past ten years.

Issues tackled in this volume include the power of culture and ideology, the concept of globalisation, inequality, human rights and security as well as reflections on new forms of polarization in the post-Cold War world. Each contributor addresses the nature of changes and continuities in world politics, considers how the discipline of international relations itself has changed and reflects on possible directions for the twenty-first Century.

This book will be of great interest to scholars of international relations, global politics, economics and related disciplines.

Inhalt

List of Contributors.

Preface..

Part I: The New Agenda.

1. Introduction: A New Agenda for International Relations?
   (Stephanie Lawson).

2. Ageing Agendas and Ambiguous Anomalies: Tensions and
   Contradictions of an Emergent Epoch (James
   Rosenau).

Part II: New Issues.

3. Transnational Paranoia and International Relations: The Case
   of the 'West Versus Islam' (Fred Halliday).

4. Globalization and the Discourse of Women's Human Rights:
   Transgressing Boundaries in a Post Cold War World (Jill
   Steans).

5. Developing Inequality: A Global Fault Line (Caroline
   Thomas).

6. Taming Economics, Emboldening International Relations: The
   Theory and Practice of International Political Economy in an Era of
   Globalisation (Richard Higgott).

7. The Global Politics of the Environment (Lorraine
   Elliott).

8. Meaning, Method and Practice: Assessing the Changing Security
   Agenda (Karin Fierke).

Part III: New Perspectives.

9. The Normative Framework of Post-Cold War International
   Relations (Chris Brown).

10. Signs of a New Enlightenment? Concepts of Community and
    Humanity After the Cold War (Richard Devetak).

11. Beyond Realism and its Critics: The Decline of Structural
    Neo-Realism and Opportunities for Constructive Engagement (Jack
    Donnelly).

12. After the Fall: International Theory and the State
    (Stephanie Lawson).

Index.