Theory and application of the "generation" in international relations and politics
By: edited by Brent J. Steele and Jonathan M. Acuff
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780230113244
Subjects: Political sociology; Case studies; International relations; Social aspects; Political aspects; Intergenerational relations; Generations
Description: The concept of the "generation" is a popular staple in the media, from the "Greatest Generation" of US World War II veterans to the contemporary "Millennial" generation. Yet there has been remarkably little recent scholarly treatment of the concept, particularly from a comparative global perspective. This volume examines the role of generations as social units in the politics of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States, with topics ranging from the modern origins of the concept of generations in the thinking of Karl Mannheim to the role of generations in foreign policy, gender electoral dynamics, world values, diasporic mobilization, inter-generational conflict, and the origins of military doctrine.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Generational analysis: analytical and theoretical potentialities. Introduction: the evolution of generational analysis and international theory / Brent J. Steele and Jonathan M. Acuff; Never trust anyone who remembers Jerry Rubin: the promise of generational conflict / Brent J. Steele; The "problem of generations" revisited: Karl Mannheim and the sociology of knowledge in international relations / David McCourt; Towards a sociology of generational change: generational experience and generational performance in German foreign policy / Benjamin Herborth; title: Part II. Empirical domains of generational analysis. The generational shift in South African foreign policy / Jeremy Youde; Generations at home and abroad: the Chinese diaspora / Misti L. Williams; Generations and gender in the 2008 U.S democratic primaries / Jennifer C. Lucas and Tauna S. Sisco; Generational analysis and the evolution of military doctrine and strategy / Jonathan M. Acuff; Generational analysis in IR meets the world values survey / Jon D. Carlson; Lumpy and sticky: ideational change over time / Michael G. Roskin.