The growing sociology of International Relations literature systematically investigates the discipline’s organization and inner structuring. Making academic field cognizant its own institutional intellectual configurations, today empowers scholars to engage critically with analytical, geocultural, political lenses through which explains world politics. This contribution notwithstanding, there is a continuing focus in on leading (flagship) publications as indicators proclivities, their only...

A policy and scholarly consensus is emerging on reducing the role of state in economy, but with relatively little consideration its meaning potential consequences. Six different forms economic intervention are distinguished this article (influence, regulation, mediation, distribution, production, planning) combined to characterize national regimes. IMF World Bank recommendations for reform then identified, consequences those assessed intervention. On balance, stabilization structural...

The paper argues for conceiving international relations, including studies of world political order and disorder, as the intersection union behavioral-scientific, dialectical/Marxist traditional approaches. Each is a tradition scholarship, with dominant inferior tendencies, visible in all parts scholarly world. A content analysis Kornberg's collection recent American course lists shows parochial behavioralism to dominate instruction offered at our 'leading' universities. An intensive Waltz's...

Targeted sanctions are increasingly used by the United Nations (UN) Security Council to address major challenges international peace and security. Unlike other sanctions, those imposed UN universally binding relied upon as a basis for legitimating both unilateral regional measures. Encompassing wide range of individual, diplomatic, financial, sectoral measures, targeted allow senders target specific corporate entity, region, or sector, helping minimize negative effects on wider populations....

Yosef Lapid clarifies the nature of recent critical reflection on international theory and contributes to opening discourse subject. However, he understates diversity, historicism, post-positivist inquiry exaggerates extent which pluralism, perspectivism relativism have taken root in relations. He is also insufficiently post-positivism does not say enough about problem criteria for evaluating alternative explanations. His article essentially a preface larger project, one yet be undertaken,...

The Problems of Simultaneous Transitions Leslie Elliott Armijo (bio), Thomas J. Biersteker and Abraham F. Lowenthal (bio) Almost everywhere, command economies overtly authoritarian politics are in retreat. Constitutional democracy market capitalism now hold sway, at least as ideals, even places where these concepts were anathema less than a decade ago. This is true for Central Eastern Europe it Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, much East Asia. Although the reform process has taken different...

Through a blend of data-driven storytelling and evocative visual artistry, Thijs Biersteker translates raw scientific data into deeply emotional, sensory experiences.