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	Category:Critical theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the humanities and social sciences, critical theory is a term applied to new theoretical developments in a variety of fields, informed by structuralism, post-structuralism, deconstruction, Marxist theory, feminist theory, psychoanalysis, and several other areas of thought.
		The sometimes nebulous concept of critical theory encompasses many related developments in literary theory (which is often a rough synonym) and cultural studies, aesthetics, theoretical sociology, social theory, and continental philosophy more generally.
		Although many things classified and cited as being critical theory predate the 1960s, it was only in the 60s that they began to become recognised as important to work in the humanities, particularly in the study of literature.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Critical_theory (293 words)

	The IR Theory Knowledge Base
		Critics, such as Ido Oren, dispute the claims of democratic peace theorists by insisting that there is a liberal bias in the interpretation of 'democracy' which weakens the evidence.
		There are further nuances to the theory: for instance, the sources of power transition vary in their volitility, population change being the least volatile and political capacity (defined as the ability of the government to control resources internal to the country) the most volatile.
		No general theory of the social construction of reality is available to be borrowed from other fields and international relations constructivists have not as yet managed to formulate a fully fledged theory of their own.
	www.irtheory.com /know.htm (6903 words)

	International Relations - Image of Thought: Collective Identity, Desire and Deleuzian Ethology - Paul Saurette; The ...
		Challenging both dominant realist and neo-liberal constructions of the discrete 'object' of international relations and the role of theorization and discourse, these critical scholars have highlighted the crucial normative role conceptual backgrounds play in shaping and allowing both the discipline of IR and the larger practices of international relations.
		Deleuze's project is to contest this orthodox image of thought by forging a critical mode of philosophical engagement that both rejects the logic of error and strives to challenge the constant rediscovery and transcendentalization of common sense.
		If many critical IR scholars agree that the concept of 'identity' is crucial both to the hegemonic images of IR and an important concept for critical denaturalization, they do not all share a single method of conceptualizing and examining identity.
	www.gmu.edu /academic/ijps/vol5_1/saurette.htm (10073 words)

	Political Science -- Course Archive -- International Relations @ Chicago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		International relations theorists assume a world of anarchy, but there is an ever-thickening layer of international institutions that take on governance functions in world politics.
		Examination of debates in contemporary IR theory in light of recent work in social theory and philosophy on ontology, epistemology, and method, and especially on the relationship of material forces to ideas, agency to structure, and the nature and purpose of social scientific inquiry.
		After a brief introductory unit addressed to the question, what distinguishes critical international relations—that is, what makes scholarship critical—we will approach the set of themes of critical IR in two units: Power and domination; and, Difference and disputations of the putatively universal.
	political-science.uchicago.edu /courses/courses-ir.html (2056 words)

	AllRefer.com - international relations (Political Science: Terms And Concepts) - Encyclopedia
		Particular areas of study within the field of international relations include diplomacy and diplomatic history, international law, international organizations, international finance and economics, and communications, among others.
		One looks to strengthened international law and international organizations to preserve peace; the other emphasizes that nations will always use their power to achieve goals and sees the key to peace in a balance of power among competing states.
		With increased importance attached to a theoretical understanding of the whole international system, there has been a growing use of concepts and modes of analysis developed in the natural sciences in an attempt to improve the verifiability and applicability of theories.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/I/intlrela.html (380 words)

	Virtual War College - Realism in International Relations
		Yet, by and large, international relations was a field that was practiced rather than theorised on.
		The discipline of international relations was founded in a climate that saw a responsibility of academia being to contribute a further nail in the coffin of armed conflict.
		International relations "…is governed by objective laws that have their roots in human nature".
	www.geocities.com /virtualwarcollege/ir_realism.htm (1808 words)

	Transformations - 2003 Conference Session 2
		International relations theory has been struggling to keep pace with the transforming realities of World Politics — the collapse of the Soviet Union, the rise of Global Terror, the growth of multimedia technology, the globalisation of trade, the swarm like anti-globalisation movements have all perforated the once reified notion of sovereignty.
		The purpose of this paper is to explore the possibility of a critical international relations theory as an adequate response to the transforming Global realities the World now faces.
		The aim is to bring the critical potential of the Public Sphere (and its inherent transformative possibilities) to bear on the international/global.
	www.inter-disciplinary.net /transform/s2.htm (514 words)

	Globalization
		The Canadian cultural critic Marshall McLuhan made the theme of a technologically based “global village,” generated by social “acceleration at all levels of human organization,” the centerpiece of an anxiety-ridden analysis of new media technologies in the 1960s (McLuhan, 1964: 103).
		Critics insist that local, regional, and national forms of self-government are being rapidly supplanted by insufficiently democratic forms of global governance remote from the needs of ordinary citizens, whereas their defenders describe new forms of supranational legal and political decision as indispensable forerunners to more inclusive and advanced forms of self-government.
		For these critics, the fact that the recent Allied war against Iraq, conducted as a so-called “humanitarian intervention” with the blessings of the United Nations, probably resulted in at least 220,000 civilian deaths, vividly underscores the profound dangers intrinsic to the quest for novel forms of global democracy (Zolo 1997, 24).
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/globalization (5024 words)

	The International Journal for Peace Studies - Author's Information, Volume 5, Number 1
		Gabriela Kütting is a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Aberdeen.
		He studies political theory with an interest in its use in mainstream and critical International Relations Theory.
		He was one of the founders of the Consortium for International Studies Education and was project director of CISE's International Studies Learning Package project funded by the National Science Foundation, which was designed to develop and disseminate innovative educational materials combining the latest advances in both scholarly research and instructional technology.
	www.gmu.edu /academic/ijps/vol5_1/bio5_1.htm (361 words)

	International Relations Theory
		Theory is one of those words which conjures up both fear and boredom.
		Theories are ways we organize the facts and tell coherent, empirically driven and testable stories about how the world works.
		You are to explain the theory fully (including central concepts, level of analysis, processes etc.), discuss the theory's strengths and weaknesses, and explain why this is, in your opinion, the best theory to understand global politics.
	udel.edu /~carcher/syl-irt.html (1315 words)

	Amazon.com: Ethics in International Relations : A Constitutive Theory (Cambridge Studies in International Relations): ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Actors in the realm of international relations are regularly faced with normative questions.
		This book is excellent reading for those interested in non-positivist International Relations, and his theories could form the basis of an important new school of thought in contemporary IR.
		I would recommend this book to people who are interested in critical theories of international relations but fear its often dull prose, or those wanting something little different.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521555302?v=glance (956 words)

	Deconstructing International Relations Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Even International Relations, permanent residence of men, states, and wars, is not exempt from the 'interpretive turn' in social sciences.
		In one of the first full length 'postmodernist' pieces on international relations ever to be written, Richard Ashley argues that both international politics and the modern state have constructed a discourse in which specific geographical lines are drawn around the globe.
		This volume includes a useful overview regarding exactly what traditions inform 'critical security studies.' In addition to the theoretical chapters, which address the current issue of what 'new' issues of security might be, there are a number of issue focused, empirical chapters, including a piece by Beverly Crawford about economic security.
	www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~paulmacd/postbib2.htm (1973 words)

	International Relations Theory
		The main aim of this course is to introduce students to main debates in International Relations theory.
		It is critical that you do all your readings and come in ready to take active part in class discussions.
		This is critical not only for your own intellectual development but also because participation is 30% of your overall grade.
	www.bilkent.edu.tr /~pbilgin/IR501.html (5049 words)

	Amazon.com: Globalising Care: Feminist Theory, Ethics and International Relations (Feminist Theory and Politics): ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		By bringing in the important contributions of feminist moral and political theorists, contributions that are notably absent from most of the important work in this field, Robinson broadens the debate on normative theory in international relations.
		This text will be essential reading for students and scholars of gender or feminist studies, international relations, philosophy, and political theory and of special interest to scholars of feminist, moral, and political philosophy.
		This book presents a critical analysis of both commonplace assumptions and dominant modes of reasoning about ethics in international relations and attempts to work towards a new understanding of the nature and purposes of moral enquiry in the context of global social relations.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0813333571?v=glance (544 words)

	Cross-X.com - Debate on the Web
		Critical Social Theory and International Relations," in: Ashley (12), pp.
		Theory of International Relations," in: Der Derian (5), pp.
		criticism by Patomäki and Smith, and a response by Østerud in Vol.
	www.cross-x.com /archives/Citations/101601Critique_Citations.shtml (2099 words)

	CURRICULUM VITAE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Situating International Relations Theory: Globalization, Nationalism and Democracy, manuscript in progress (to be published by Humanities Press).
		"Critical Theory in International Relations: Hegemony, Rationality and Identity", in Theories of International Relations, (eds.) A. Eralp, İleti?im: İstanbul, 1996.
		"On the Relation between Global Modernity and Nationalism: The Rise of Islamic Identity in Turkey", presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, the University of Calgary, Calgary, 1994.
	usconsulate-istanbul.org.tr /reppub/muintrel/cvkeyman.html (1155 words)

	Gov 2737 2000
		The purpose of this course is to evaluate critically some of the new literature in International Relations, literature that has expressed varying degrees of dissatisfaction with 'mainstream' IR theory.
		This literature may not appear much in International Security or The Journal of Conflict Resolution or The American Political Science Review, but it is appearing in International Organization, The Review of International Studies, Millennium, a Cambridge University Press series, and a growing number of edited volumes from major American university presses.
		Critical international theory and constructivism” European Journal of International Relations.
	www.people.fas.harvard.edu /~johnston/2732.html (2260 words)

	Love and International Relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hence, a wish to comply with international law made the government change the Bill but the early draft confirms what is also clear in public statements, namely that the government relies on a notion of tradition as strongly shaping immigrant behavior - leaving very little room for agency or rationality.
		And even though the two categories are often conflated, refugees are also narrated in a humanitarian discourse whereas immigrants are often thought to be in Denmark out of a wish to improve their lives financially.
		Interestingly, NGOs working with immigrants point out that in their experience, the relation between immigrant children and parents are much more complex than merely a coercive, patriarchical relation.
	www.isanet.org /noarchive/irlove.html (5855 words)

	Nevzat Soguk
		Research interests: I specialize in international relations theory, international organizations, and comparative politics.
		Most broadly, my research is guided by an interest in critical international relations theory, especially those aspects centering on the state, the global, and transnational processes of governance, economic, political, and cultural identity constructions and international migration.
		Human rights, international political economy, and indigenous politics are also strong interests.
	www.politicalscience.hawaii.edu /Faculty/soguk/soguk.htm (121 words)

	Teaching / MSc -Faculty Members (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Prior to joining IDSS in January 2002, she was Senior Analyst at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) in Kuala Lumpur (1984-2001) and ASEM/Chevening Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) at the University of Warwick in the UK (1998-2001).
		Her research interests are in the broad area of international political economy, with a special focus on the relationship between globalisation, regionalism and development in world politics, drawing especially on the Southeast Asian, East Asian and Asia-Pacific experiences.
		He completed a PhD in Politics and International Relations from the Australian National University in 1997 where he was affiliated to the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
	www.ntu.edu.sg /idss/teaching/Msc_faculty_mem.html (3994 words)

	Simulating Sovereignty - Cambridge University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In Simulating Sovereignty Cynthia Weber presents a critical analysis of the concept of sovereignty.
		Examining the justifications for intervention offered by the Concert of Europe, President Wilson’s Administration, and the Reagan-Bush administrations, she combines critical international relations theory and foreign policy discourses about intervention to accomplish two important goals.
		This book is thus an original and important contribution to the understanding of sovereignty, the state and intervention in international relations theory.
	www.cup.cam.ac.uk /catalogue/print.asp?isbn=0521455235&print=y (264 words)

	Political Science Subject Guide
		For example, scholars in the subfield of International Relations may have interests in war, international organizations, trade (or more broadly, international political economy), ethnic conflict, and/or diplomacy.
		Make sure to look at the Database Locator page for databses related to political disciplines and related disciplines, such as economics, sociology, and history, law, government, and international affairs.
		The sources include international, national, and regional newspapers; magazines; trade journals; newsletters; wire service reports; and transcripts of television and radio news programs.
	web.library.emory.edu /subjects/socsci/polsci/political_science.html (3530 words)

	Pacific Council On International Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Founded in 1986, the Center for International Studies (CIS) is a university-affiliated non-profit institution created by the School of International Relations at USC to promote advanced research and sustained discussion of theoretical and policy issues in international political and economic affairs.
		Its activities are intended to contribute to a broader understanding of international affairs, both within and outside the academy.
		Ann Tickner, director, is professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California, and has taught at Boston University and the College of the Holy Cross.
	www.pacificcouncil.org /public/Publications/directory/research_CIS.asp (455 words)

	Ken Booth and Steve Smith: International Relations Theory Today
		A critical review of the field of international relations pointing to new directions in which it can fruitfully develop.
		International Relations and the Concept of the Political R.
		Ken Booth and Steve Smith are Professors of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
	www.psupress.org /books/titles/0-271-01461-X.html (177 words)

	Jean Bethke Elshtain
		Note: Jean Bethke Elshtain is the author of over 200 essays in scholarly journals and journals of civic opinion, and 175 book reviews.
		Due to the vastness of her publication list, only essays which deal directly with feminist theory have been listed here.
		"Critical Reflections on Realism, Just War and Feminism in a Nuclear Age," in Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Humanity: The Fundamental Questions.
	www.cddc.vt.edu /feminism/Elshtain.html (1015 words)

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