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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Significance of Metaphors in International Relations Theory -- Beginning Again with an Anecdote -- Foreign Policy by Metaphor: Barack Obama's "Red Line" -- Metaphors and Public Policy -- Why Metaphors Matter -- Conceptual Versus Linguistic Metaphors -- Governments and Metaphors -- The Nexus Between Policy Metaphors and Scholarship -- References -- Chapter 2: Metaphors of International Political Economy -- Metaphors in Economics1 -- Metaphors in the Study of Relations Among International Actors of Unequal Wealth -- Ordinal Worlds Metaphor -- Metaphors of "Development" -- The Metaphors of "Core," "Center," and "(Semi)Periphery" -- Metaphors of "North" and "South" -- Metaphor of "Dependency" -- "Global Inequality" -- Additional Thoughts About Relations Among International Actors of Unequal Wealth -- Foreign "Aid" -- "Globalization" in Metaphorical Perspective -- Some Metaphors of European Integration -- Functionalism, Neofunctionalism, and "Spillover" -- European Neighborhood Policy -- Reflections on the Subplot of IPE -- References -- Chapter 3: Metaphors of Democratization -- Metaphors in the Study of Democratization -- Democratic "Transition" and "Consolidation" -- Democratization Has a "Direction" -- "Waves" of Democratization -- Democratization and Swings of the "Pendulum" -- Directions of Democracy and "Modernization" -- "Advanced Democracies" -- Summary -- Reform/Democracy "From Above" Versus Reform/Democracy "From Below" -- Government Has "Density": "Thick" and "Thin" Political Authority -- Metaphor of the Democratic Deficit -- Narratives in the Metaphors of Democratization -- References -- Chapter 4: Theoretical Reflections -- Theoretical Aspects of Metaphors in Realism -- Metaphors and the Epistemology of Neorealism -- Metaphorical Aspects of Liberal Theory

Metaphors constitute a fundamental way in which humans understand the world around them. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of metaphors in theories of international relations. Until recently, conscious attention to metaphors in theories of international relations has been haphazard and sporadic. This book examines the metaphors that inform the major paradigms in international relations theory.

Robert E. Hawkinson died May 22, 2011 of an apparent heart attack at the age of 68. At the time of his death Prof. Hawkinson was Emeritus Dean of Campus Life/Associate Professor of Politics at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. He was also Kaneko Faculty Commons Mentor, a position created as part of the Residential Commons system initiated by Prof. Hawkinson during his tenure as Campus Life Dean at Willamette. During his nearly thirty years at Willamette, Bob Hawkinson was a fixture on campus and one of the most revered educators, advisors, and mentors, reaching out to generations of students through his inspired teaching and committed dedication to the intellectual life of the university community. Although Bob was rewarded with emeritus status in 2009, he continued to teach in the Politics Department at Willamette for the remaining two years of his life.

This article addresses the problems that emerge when students in international studies courses approach the subject matter from the perspective of the first person plural. Whether in terms of "we," "us," or "our," many college students choose to adopt a personal perspective in discussions of international affairs. While it is natural for students to base their analysis of international studies on their personal observations & experiences, this inclination to adopt a collective first person approach detracts from the scholarly neutrality toward which students of global studies should aspire. Furthermore, a first person plural approach to course subject matter creates the false impression among students that they are all in agreement over contentious issues of global interactions & the theories employed to study them. The article concludes with suggestions for remedying the "we" problem, & offers advice for instructors who have encountered it in their own classroom. 60 References. Adapted from the source document.