Book launch: The Oxford Handbook on International Political Sociology

This book launch brings together the main editors and some of the contributors to debate the state of international political sociology as an exciting interdisciplinary field.

About the handbook

This handbook provides an in-depth analysis of the theoretical agendas, analytical tools, and substantive contributions offered by International Political Sociology. It explores the range of insights available to those who use sociological theory to engage various facets of world politics, from colonialism to globalization. Structured around three defining commitments - relationalism, intersubjectivity, and historicism - the book outlines what is distinct about IPS, where it came from, and where it can go next. 

Engaging a wide range of debates in International Relations and related fields of enquiry, the volume includes contributions on seminal concepts in the social sciences, including power, order, rule, resistance, and agency, alongside discussion of a range of important issue-areas, from climate change to revolutions. Taken as a whole, the handbook is a seminal point of reference for understanding many of the key dynamics that shape contemporary world politics.

Panel

• Stacie E. Goddard (Wellesley College)
• George Lawson (Australian National University)
• Ole Jacob Sending (Norwegian Inst of International Affairs)
• Alvina Hoffmann (SOAS)
• Lisa Tilley (SOAS)

Chair

• Matt Eagleton-Pierce (SOAS)

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