International Relations in a Global Age

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The book investigates the ways in which state-centred approaches to international relations have limited our understanding of global, political, economic and cultural processes. By assessing a wide range of such state-centred work, Youngs identifies the challenges we must address to grasp the complexity of the contemporary world.

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Gillian Youngs

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'Sophisticated yet accessible, Youngs' book clarifies even as sherecasts key debates on the meaning of states and sovereignty.Through a close reading of mainstream and critical theorists,Youngs delivers a consolidated - and compelling - indictment ofstate-centrism as dogmatically and dangerously out-of-place in thecontext of global relations. Moreover, through explication offeminist and postcolonial work, Youngs offers important guidepostsfor mapping new directions in post-statist theory.' V. SpikePeterson, Department of Political Science, University ofArizona 'One of the real strengths of this book is not only the breadthof questions which it explores, but its integration throughout offeminist modes of analysis . She successfully uses feministapproaches to both foreground and background her analysis - makingit a book which will be of interest to the reader looking forfeminist critiques of IR, but also to the reader looking to see howfeminism fits into the larger array of critical approaches to thestudy of IR. This is a readable and engaging book which provides asophisticated critique of state-centrism and a plausiblealternative way of thinking about global politics in an age ofglobalization. It is highly recommended.' The Canadian Journalof Political Science 'The particular strength of Youngs's book is the way it relatesthe question of spatiality to those of feminist theories of thesocial ... Youngs's critique of the patriarchal paradigm dominatingIR's and IPE's contributions to the debate of globalization issignificant and sophisticated.' SIGNS "This book is an example of what feminism in internationalrelations can be like and what it intends to be." Journal ofInternational Relations and Development
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