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This article posits empirical and political reasons for recent 'micro-moves' in several contemporary debates, and seeks to further develop them in future International Relations studies. As evidenced by growing trends in studies of practices, emotions and the everyday, there is continuing broad dissatisfaction with grand or structural theory's value without 'going down' to 'lower levels' of analysis where structures are enacted and contested. We suggest that empirics of the last 15 years — including the war on terror and the Arab Spring — have pushed scholars into increasingly micropolitical positions and analytical frameworks. Drawing upon insights from Gilles Deleuze, William Connolly and Henri Lefebvre, among others, we argue that attention to three issues — affect, space and time — hold promise to further develop micropolitical perspectives on and in International Relations, particularly on issues of power, identity and change. The article offers empirical illustrations of the analytical purchase of these concepts via discussion of the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Arab Spring uprisings.

Globalization has been contested in recent times. Among the critical perspectives is cosmopolitanism. Yet, with the exception of normative theory, international relations as a field has ignored cosmopolitan thinking. This book redresses this gap and develops a dialogue between cosmopolitanism and international relations. The dialogue is structured around three debates between non-universalist theories of international relations and contemporary cosmopolitan thought. The theories chosen are realism, (post-)Marxism and postmodernism. All three criticize liberalism in the international domain, and, therefore, cosmopolitanism as an offshoot of liberalism. In the light of each school's respective critique of universalism, the book suggests both the importance and difficulty of the cosmopolitan perspective in the contemporary world. Beardsworth emphasizes the need for global leadership at nation-state level, re-embedding of the world economy, a cosmopolitan politics of the lesser violence, and cosmopolitan political judgement. He also suggests research agendas to situate further contemporary cosmopolitanism in international relations theory. This book will appeal to all students of political theory and international relations, especially those who are seeking more articulation of the main issues between cosmopolitanism and its critics in international relations.

THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE CURRENT STATE, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, OF REFLEXIVE THEORIZING. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY'S "THIRD DEBATE" IS RE-EXAMINED FOR EVIDENCE OF A BREAK WITH POSITIVIST FORMS OF THEORIZING AND IN TERMS OF ITS CONTRIBUTION TO A REFLEXIVE DISPOSITION IN THE DISCIPLINE. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT: (1) CONTRARY TO PREVIOUS ASSESSMENTS, THE THIRD DEBATE OFFERS LITTLE EVIDENCE OF A SHIFT TO POST-POSITIVIST, REFLEXIVE THEORIZING ABOUT INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND (2) TO THE EXTENT THAT EVIDENCE OF REFLEXIVITY IS TO BE FOUND, IT IS LOCATED NOT IN THE MAINSTREAM BUT AT THE MARGINS OF THE DISCIPLINE.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: The End of the Cold War, the Classical Tradition, and International Change -- 2 Inventing International Relations: International Relations Theory After 1945 -- 3 Post-Theory: The Eternal Return of Ethics in International Relations -- 4 Feminist Inquiry and International Relations -- 5 Geopolitics and Change -- 6 Complexity, Formal Methods, and Ideology in International Studies -- 7 Realist International Theory and the Study of World Politics -- 8 Domestic Structure and International Change -- 9 Institutions and Change -- 10 Conclusion: Continuity and Innovation in International Relations Theory -- About the Book and Editors -- About the Contributors -- Index

This textbook is meant for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Political Science and International RelationsInternational Relations: Theory and Practice critically analyses the evolution and changing nature of international relations as a discipline. It examines India's emergence as a major power in the 21st century, its strategic significance and its changing role in the international system. A must-have companion for all students of Political Science and International Relations, this new text provides the often marginalised Global South perspective on the issues and developments in international relations.Key Features:* Provides a holistic perspective covering International history, the Third World along with changing dimensions of India's foreign polic* Critically explores theoretical complexities of Marxism, Feminism and Neo-Liberalism in the Global South* Includes pedagogically rich content, which closely follows UGC course curriculum guidelines for the subject

[On Diogenes, who coined the term 'cosmopolitan'] 'If only more contemporary self-styled cosmopolitans drank water from their hands, ate human flesh, hugged statues and masturbated in public. … Diogenes's "cosmopolitanism" is much more of an anti-political stance than some sort of banal internationalism'.