| ID | 127897 |
| Title Proper | Reinserting race and indigeneity in international relations theory |
| Other Title Information | a post-colonial approach |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Georgis, Mariam ; Lugosi, V T Nicole |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) |
The common narrative of how International Relations (IR) has evolved is based on a chronological linear view of continual progress. This story divides the history of the discipline into phases punctuated by the three Great Debates. However, the analytical categories of race and indigeneity have been missing from all these debates; these erasures in the stories of IR are made possible through a series of ontological and epistemological manoeuvres. These in turn, structure a 'common sense' of what the boundaries of IR are, or what they should be. This is evident in the exclusion of what can be seen as major international security issues, which are largely ignored by the discipline. This paper employs an IR post-colonial perspective, using the example of sex trafficking in Canada and the US to demonstrate how the field of IR remains silent on its colonial legacy, with the wider aim of thinking about the implications that omission has for the discipline. |
| `In' analytical Note | Global Change Peace and Security Vol.26, No.1; Feb.2014: p.71-83 |
| Journal Source | Global Change Peace and Security Vol.26, No.1; Feb.2014: p.71-83 |
| Key Words | IR theory ; Post-Colonialism ; International security ; Race ; Indigeneity ; Sex trafficking ; International relation |