The Salience of Race

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ID12758205
AuthorsJames H Mittelman (0000-0003-3429-6009, American University, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume10
Issue1
Pages99-107
Publication date2009-01-29
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Studies Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1528-3577 • E-ISSN: 1528-3585
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1528-3585.2008.00362.x
OpenAlexW2065917662
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited25

While the salience of race is rising in public discourse, the dominant knowledge structure in international studies has deflected this issue. A look at curriculum and research programs suggests that the transnational dimensions of race are sidelined. The core concept of state sovereignty rarely opens to questions of race. Yet there is a longstanding tradition in transnational race relations, including substantial literature and university initiatives. These have had a tangible impact on the activities of international organizations. To restart such efforts in ways appropriate for our times, it is suggested that six sets of interaction between globalization and race could form the core of a curriculum and research program. This foundation provides the basis for explaining how the politics of “we” and “they,” friends and enemies, operates in racializing questions of identity, especially after 9/11, when inclusion and exclusion are increasingly securitized

Curriculum · Globalization · Identity (music · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Race (biology · Salience (neuroscience · Sociology · Sovereignty · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology

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