The struggle over the identity of IR
What is at stake in the disciplinary debate within and beyond academia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4445333 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Félix Grenier (University of Ottawa), Helen Louise Turton (0000-0001-9158-0984, University of Sheffield), Philippe Beaulieu-Brossard (University of St Andrews) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 242-244 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-1178 • E-ISSN: 1741-2862 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0047117815585888 |
| OpenAlex | W2337888258 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
Since the inception of International Relations (IR) within university departments, its disciplinary status has been the subject of constant debate. Yet, the current literature on 'the state of the discipline' silences this debate either through IR's assumed disciplinarity or conflation of debates about theory with the existence of IR. This Forum moves beyond this literature by explicitly engaging whether IR is a discipline or not and by enquiring how this status matters. Contributors rely on the sociology and philosophy of social science to call into question or affirm the disciplinarity of IR to argue whether IR is as a subfield of Political Science, a full-blown and autonomous discipline, or a hybrid field of interdisciplinary studies. Furthermore, contributors reveal the implications of the different disciplinary statuses regarding the academic institution, interdisciplinary possibilities and modes of organizing IR. Overall, these contributions aim to engage rather than close the disciplinary debate, creating further space for reflection
Aesthetics · Discipline · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Identity (music) · Institution · International relations · Library science · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Subject (documents) · Global Security and Public Health · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security
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| Citations per year | 0.56 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |