Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Knud Erik Jørgensen is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University.As International Relations enters its second century as an academic discipline, leading expert Knud Erik Jørgensen provides a provocative assessment of its past, present and future.
In this book, Jørgensen traces International Relations scholarship, from its formative interwar years through to rapid growth in students and researchers in the wake of globalization. He examines the resultant widening of scholarship in the field, and the effects that this has had on the global discipline. The result is a concise and challenging appraisal of International Relations, one which both celebrates its value and maps possible future directions.
Introduction
What is the Subject Matter?
What are the Human Sciences?
What is a Discipline?
What is Theory?
What is Disciplinary Diversity?
What is Community?
Globalizing International Relations?
Conclusion
• Written by Knud Erik Jørgensen, a leading figure in the field of International Relations and former president of the European International Studies Association;
• Makes a compelling argument for the future direction of International Relations as a discipline;
• A timely assessment of International Relations, in the wake of the discipline’s 100th anniversary.