1st Edition

International Relations and American Dominance A Diverse Discipline

By Helen Turton Copyright 2016
190 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This work seeks to explore the widely held assumption that the discipline of International Relations is dominated by American scholars, approaches and institutions. It proceeds by defining 'dominance' along Gramscian lines and then identifying different ways in which such dominance could be exerted: agenda-setting, theoretically, methodologically, institutionally, gate-keeping. Turton... Read more

1. Introduction: Is International Relations an American dominated discipline?  2. American dominance as agenda setting?  3. American theoretical dominance?  4. American epistemological and methodological dominance?  5. American institutional dominance? 6. American dominance as gate-Keeping? 7. Conclusion: diversity and dominance in International Relations

Biography

Helen Turton is a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sheffield, UK.