This book seeks to reposition international relations (IR) theory by providing insights into non-Western concepts and theories. By engaging with understandings of power, identity, the state and the individual from a range of states outside of the Western hemisphere, the contributors to this book introduce new methods for understanding aspects of IR in context considerate ways. Engagements with Western theories and cases highlight how we need to reposition traditional understandings to allow non-Western approaches to IR develop alongside and inform their Western counterparts. Moreover, the book reinforces the need to move beyond the traditionally used Western-centric lenses without removing them completely, instead it advocates a harmonisation between them to reduce generalisations across the local, state and regional levels. Samantha Cooke is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics at the University of Gloucestershire. Her work explores the relationship between secularism, the individual and the state in the Middle East North Africa region.

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Samantha Cooke is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics at the University of Gloucestershire. Her work explores the relationship between secularism, the individual and the state in the Middle East North Africa region.

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Table of Contents1. IntroductionSamantha CookeSection 1: Internationalising International Relations Theory2. Decentralising Europe: Harnessing alternative theories of IRTareq Sydiq & Maria Ketzmerick3. Reorienting Theory: Latin American perspectives on International RelationsKarolina Baraniak4. Foreign Policy Analysis: Engagements outside of the WestChris Featherstone5. Reimagining the Global Order: China in history and theoryCalvin Xin LiuSection 2: Decentralising the West: Redefining Key Concepts in IR6. An Asian Theory of DemocracyOlivia Cheung7. Understanding People and the State: A Liberal and Neo-Confucian comparisonWilliam Barclay8. Decolonising Empowerment in Africa: Illustration as a toolChesney McOmberSection 3: Changing Frameworks: Re-imagining Political Issues9. Theorising Emotions in IR: A Maghrebi perspective on inter-state rivalry and the failure of regional integrationYasmine Zarhloule10. Gendered Activism and Political Participation: A Latin American perspectiveEmanuela Buscemi11. Jihadi Terrorism and Hybrid Security Threats in Asia: Lessons from PakistanMudassir Farooqi12. Moving Beyond Global Hierarchies: Is a synthesis possible?Evren Altinkas