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Traditionally a distinction has been made between political theory, which concerns itself with relations within a nation-state, and international politics, which focuses on relations between nation-states. Yet these two areas can often overlap. The result is a cross-discipline commonly known as international political theory. This subject area is the focus of a new journal. Adapted from the source document.

A world government based on democratic principles would be ideal, but this is unlikely to come about any time soon. However, the mere impossibility of immediately implementing an idea does not make that idea wrong. Meanwhile one can work through existing institutions such as the UN and European Union to improve accountability in the arena of world politics. Adapted from the source document.

Among those under consideration, evaluator Leif Lewin has found that four of the candidates are qualified for the professorship. Of those qualified, three in particular, in his opinion, stand out as experts in international politics. He has given top ranking to Jens Bartelson. Adapted from the source document.

De hedendaagse internationale ster aan het firmament van de gefundeerde-theoriebenadering heet Kathy Charmaz. Deze voormalige student van zowel Glaser als Strauss leverde in het verleden al bijdragen over de gefundeerde-theoriebenadering aan verschillende handboeken en encyclopedieën, waaronder twee edities van Denzin en Lincolns Handbook of qualitative research (2000, 2005). Nu is van haar hand Constructing grounded theory verschenen, een boek waarin de gefundeerde-theoriebenadering op eigenzinnige wijze wordt gereconstrueerd.

Argues that because of its international status, the English speaking world has an overly dominant position in formulating theories, models and research problems, which the Swedish political science merely copies. Repeating studies and applying the same methods is hardly a sign of a mature and cumulative science. Swedish political science could offer much more by studying fields such as Nordic social democracy, Swedish criminal policy or Nordic far right parties with unique theories and methods. L. Pitkaniemi