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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450283303321

Titolo

Power, postcolonialism, and international relations : reading race, gender, and class / / edited by Geeta Chowdhry and Sheila Nair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-48681-2

1-138-00853-2

1-134-48682-0

1-280-05073-X

0-203-16634-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; ; 16

Altri autori (Persone)

ChowdhryGeeta <1956->

NairSheila <1959->

Disciplina

327.101

Soggetti

Postcolonialism

Power (Social sciences)

International relations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Power in a postcolonial world; 2 Postcolonial criticism; 3Situating race in international relat; 4 Beyond hegemonic state(ment)s of nature; 5 Cultural chauvinism and the liberal international order; 6 SexingŽ globalization in international relations; 7 In one innings: national identity in postcolonial times; 8 The new cold warŽ; 9 A story to be told; 10 Postcolonial interrogations of child labor; 11 Human rights and postcoloniality; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

""Chowdhry and Nair, along with the authors of this volume, make a timely, vital, and deeply necessary intervention in international relations - one that informs theoretically, enriches our knowledge of the world through its narratives, and forces us to confront the differentiated wholeness of our humanity. Readers will want to emulate the skills and sensibilities they offer..""Naeem Inayatullah, Ithaca



CollegeThis work uses postcolonial theory to examine the implications of race, class and gender relations for the structuring or world politics. It addresses further themes ce