Bourdieu in International Relations: Rethinking Key Concepts in IR

Author: Rebecca Adler-Nissen
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Political Science & Theory, International Relations
Book Format: Paperback

This book rethinks the key concepts of International Relations by drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu.

The last few years have seen a genuine wave of publications promoting sociology in international relations. Scholars have suggested that Bourdieu's vocabulary can be applied to study security, diplomacy, migration and global environmental politics. Yet we still lack a systematic and accessible analysis of what Bourdieu-inspired IR might look like. This book provides the answer. It offers an introduction to Bourdieu's thinking to a wider IR audience, challenges key assumptions, which currently structure IR scholarship - and provides an original, theoretical restatement of some of the core concepts in the field. The book brings together a select group of leading IR scholars who draw on both theoretical and empirical insights from Bourdieu. Each chapter covers one central concept in IR: Methodology, Knowledge, Power, Strategy, Security, Culture, Gender, Norms, Sovereignty and Integration. The chapters demonstrate how these concepts can be reinterpreted and used in new ways when exposed to Bourdieusian logic.

Challenging key pillars of IR scholarship, Bourdieu in International Relations will be of interest to critical theorists, and scholars of IR theory.

Table Of Contents

Series Editor's Introduction Iver B. Neumann, NUPI Preface Emanuel Adler, University of Toronto Introduction Rebecca Adler-Nissen, University of Copenhagen 1. Bourdieu's concepts Vincent Pouliot, McGill University and Frederic Merand, University of Montreal 2. Methodology Vincent Pouliot, McGill University 3. Knowledges Trine Villumsen, University of Copenhagen 4. Power Stefano Guzzini, Danish Institute for International Affairs 5. Strategy Frederic Merand and Amelie Forget, University of Montreal 6. Security Didier Bigo, King's College London/Sciences Po Paris 7. Culture Michael C. Williams, University of Ottawa 8. Gender Vivienne Jabri, King's College London 9. Norms Charlotte Epstein, University of Sydney 10. Sovereignty Rebecca Adler-Nissen, University of Copenhagen 11. Integration Niilo Kauppi, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strasbourg 12. Citizenship Virginie Guiraudon, Center for European Studies, Sciences Po, Paris

About Rebecca Adler-Nissen

Rebecca Adler-Nissen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.