This handbook presents in a comprehensive, concise and accessible overview, the emerging field of international political sociology. It summarizes and synthesizes existing knowledge in the field while presenting central themes and methodologies that have been at the centre of its development, providing the reader with a sense of the diversity and research dynamics that are at the heart of international political sociology as a field of study. A wide range of topics covered include:
Providing a synthetic reference point, summarizing key achievements and engagements while putting forward future developments and potential fruitful lines of inquiry, it is an invaluable resource for students, academics and researchers from a range of disciplines, particularly international relations, political science, sociology, political geography, international law, international political economy, security studies and gender studies.
1. Introduction to the Routledge handbook of international political sociology
Xavier Guillaume and Pınar Bilgin
Part I: International Political Sociology and its Cognate Fields of Study
2. Feminist Theory/Gender Studies
3. Historical Sociology
4. International Law
Tanja Aalberts and Wouter Werner
5. International Political Economy
Amin Samman and Leonard Seabrooke
6. International Political Theory
7. Postcolonialism and International Political Sociology
8. The International Political Strategy of Security Studies
Can Mutlu and Çagla Lüleci
Prem Kumar Rajaram
10. World Society
Part II: Key Themes of International Political Sociology
11. Citizenship and an International Political Sociology
12. Advancing "Development" through an International Political Sociology
Joakim Öjendal and Stina Hansson
13. The Environment
15. Feminist International Political Sociology - International Political Sociology Feminism
16. Global Elites
Niilo Kauppi and Mikael Rask Madsen
17. Global Governance
18. Health, Medecine and the Bio-Sciences
Lara Coleman and Dörthe Rosenow
Peter Adey and Rachael Squire
21. Straddling National and International Politics: Revisiting the Secular Assumptions
22. Reflexive Sociology and International Political Economy
Yves Dezalay and Bryant G. Garth
23. Security Studies
J. Peter Burgess
Part III: Methodologies of International Political Sociology
24. Archival Methods
Luis Lobo-Guerrero and Yara van ’t Groenewout
26. Discourse and Narrative
Kevin C. Dunn and Iver B. Neumann
28. Learning From the Field
Halvard Leira and Benjamin de Carvalho
30. Learning How To See
Peer Schouten and Maximilian Mayer
34. Social Spaces
Christoph Houman Ellersgaard, Lasse Folke Henriksen, Peter Marcus Kristensen and Anton Grau Larsen
Parti IV: Transversal Reflections
35. Afterword: Transversal Politics
Marieke de Goede
36. Afterword : International Political Sociology, or: The Social Ontology and Power Politics of Process
37. Afterword: The Commercial In/For International Political Sociology
Xavier Guillaume is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands. He is currently part of the International Political Sociology editorial board.
Pinar Bilgin is Professor of International Relations at Bilkent University, Turkey. She is the author of Regional Security in the Middle East (2005), The International in Security, Security in the International (2017) and Associate Editor of International Political Sociology .
'"Handbook" scarcely captures the excitement that this lively volume engenders. Guillaume, Bilgin and their innovative contributors have given us a proverbial diving board from which we all - in all fields - can launch our own plunges into an ocean of intellectual explorations. Reading this book makes clear that international political sociology is not a disciplinary fortress; it is a world of investigatory possibilities.' - Cynthia Enloe, author of Globalization and Militarism (new updated edition, 2016)
'International political sociology represents the most intellectually dynamic field of study within international relations today, and this handbook provides a definitive overview. An essential point of reference for students and scholars alike.' - Peter Mandaville, George Mason University, UK
'This handbook is an excellent introduction to the burgeoning study field of international political sociology. Combining theoretical lineages with introducing key matters of concern, it captures the intellectual diversity and dynamism of international political sociology. Guillaume and Bilgin avoid disciplinary boundary drawing and focus instead on the pluriverse of works challenging familiar conceptual repertoires of IR, giving us an excellent view of the creativity with which international political sociology engages theoretical, methodological and political challenges of our times.' - Jef Huysmans, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
‘Handbooks generally summarize, consolidate, and synthesize. That is, they serve as reference material: their quality depends on the comprehensiveness and accessibility of their collections; experts in their subject matter have no call to consult them. Guilaume’s and Bilgin’s handbook is definitely comprehensive and accessible, but it otherwise breaks the mold. It genuinely advances the international political sociology agenda. Both together, and in their individual chapters, the contributors build a case for new ways of understanding the ’state of the art’ and where to take it.’ – Daniel Nexon, Georgetown University, USA