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his outlook on international politics? What was his political theory and philosophy? And what have his contributions been, not simply to the ES, but to IR writ large? This paper offers an intellectual ... international politics? What was his political theory and philosophy? And what have his contributions been, not simply to the ES, but to IR writ large? Contributing to those few works engaging directly with
Andrew Feenberg is a pioneer in the development of the philosophy of technology. Before his retirement, he was the Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Technology in the School of Communication ... the Applied Communication and Technology Laboratory (ACTL). He is the author or editor of thirteen books on Critical Theory, Western Marxism, and the philosophy of technology, including Lukács, Marx
Throughout Russian history, bouts of political reform have been repeatedly succeeded by reactionary periods of counter-reform. We surmise that this historical alternation of reform and counter-reform ... deprivation" understandings of political change are nothing new, but we tie the history of impetus for reform in Russia explicitly to fluctuations in economic performance in the capitalist west, as represented
Within the disciplines of political science and International Relations, rich debates around pedagogy have crystallized into a robust set of scholarly institutions. This review article analyzes the ... promote further collaborative practices in SoTL research. Scholarship of teaching and learning; Political science education; Disciplinary SoTL; Research methodology; Research impact; Scientometrics
Brexit has been for the UK. Most answers to that question point to effects on the constitution, unity, identity, political economy of the UK, and the country’s place in Europe and the wider world. This ... because the Brexit critical juncture is still happening, with the wider political fallout, especially to the UK's territorial integrity, still unfolding. Although even here, the potential for continuity
accumulation’ complements and extends the insights offered in Watson’s magnum opus. It is hoped that this dialogue between the ES and critical political economy may open the way for further ES research on the ... engage with the international political economy of both early modern international society and the postcold war era itself. ES scholars are not known for their engagement with political economy, as Barry
wake of the 9/11 attacks in 2001 gave way to a sustained rise in anti-Western sentiment in the Russian political narrative. This article analyses US-Russia relations during the presidency of George W ... underscored the country’s dominance of the international system. It also became clear that the political structure of power was important to the Bush administration, which was increasingly critical of great
The European Union (EU) is a unique international alliance project, successful in maintaining political stability through its institutional model and decision-making procedures. However, recent ... COVID-19 pandemic and Ukrainian war. Despite the EU’s successes in promoting political stability and involving countries on the periphery, these crises have highlighted an underlying institutional
political thought in natural rights theories. Through his critique of Carneades, Grotius can in effect be seen as responding to the raison d’état tradition that originated with Machiavelli (Draper 1990: 199 ... subsistence war is the last resort depends on the bargaining power of the global Affluent and Deprived. Given the political and economic imbalance between the two parties, the Deprived cannot afford the time to
Parallelization theory complements earlier concepts in cultural and political history by focusing on the coexistence of seemingly contradictory patterns in various localities, such as segregation ... ; Russia-Ukraine war; Parallelization Introduction Parallelization theory (Boman 2021a) was developed to underline the complexity with regard to various cultural, political, social, psychological, and
Brexit. In trade, the UK has been buffeted by the post-Brexit relationship with the EU and the changing demands of the global political economy. ... ; Northern Ireland; Political economy Introduction In a high-profile speech in January 2017, then Prime Minister Theresa May (2017) indicated that the UK wanted to be ‘a great, global trading nation that
This article discusses the usefulness of studying regional powers through a ‘politics-of-scale’ lens. We argue that this approach, borrowed from political geography, helps to better understand ... political geography allows us to grasp the unexplored nuances of how power behaviour transcends regional and global levels and what actors (beyond the state) and processes constitute it. We test the empirical
discourse. The historical analogies, such as the Boxer Indemnity, sick man of Asia, and Pearl Harbor attack, offer great examples to the political construction of the “fearful” other through specific ... rivalry between China and the USA. That said, fear is rarely considered as a crucial concept in its own right in political science. Although the concept of fear is often examined in philosophy, sociology
the debate that led to it he claimed he would “never… take from the poor to give to the poorest” (in Uribe et al. 2020) . behind’—a terminology that was both entirely alien to the political philosophy ... like Snyder argues, in an ‘eternal present’, not the pursuit of a new stage of history: first, the ethnically defined nation is established as the core of all political reasoning; second, this entity is
Bipartisan consensus on many US domestic and foreign policy priorities has seemingly collapsed in recent decades, and political parties have become qideologically polarized and divided. While some ... , Sponsored by the University of Heidelberg Center for American Studies and the Department of Political Science, American University, November 12–13, 2020. We greatly appreciate helpful comments from Jordan
This article examines the ideational dimension and political performance of American grand strategy since ‘9/11’ and explores to what extent the strategic assumptions, ideological dispositions, and ... the Greater Middle East using force (Cox 2004; Dalby 2005; Owens 2009) . 20 years later, the geopolitical legacy and political reputation of this vision of American grand strategy as unilateral
As a result of the economic and political rise of China and Trump’s decision to undermine the liberal international order, theories of hegemony have regained center stage in both policy-oriented and
more extensively, are high-level visits by political leaders to foreign countries. Brazil’s presidential diplomacy from 1995 to 2019 in terms of official (bilateral) state visits—according to the dataset ... with the function to enforce collectively binding decisions in a given territory (Luhmann 2002) . However, historically, the political system did so not within a single center of power, but rather
Does political polarization impact decisions to go to war? This paper explores how differences in casualty sensitivity by political party in the USA may present different incentives to wartime ... incentives regarding war strategy by political party. As polarization increases, these trends are likely to become more pronounced, with significant implications for when and how states fight wars. Carrie A
Education, despite assertions of professional neutrality by teachers and administrators, is a political process. While the political implications of such policy matters as student civil liberties and
