Revisiting the “American Social Science”—Mapping the Geography of International Relations

Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 246 - 269
Published: Aug 1, 2015
Abstract
This paper studies the geography of the International Relations (IR) discipline, particularly the notion that IR is an “American social science.” First, it analyzes bibliometric data and finds that US-based scholars continue to dominate IR journals, but also that IR is one of the least US-dominated social sciences and that it has become markedly less so since the 1960s. Second, the paper argues that conventional measures based on nation-state...
Paper Details
Title
Revisiting the “American Social Science”—Mapping the Geography of International Relations
Published Date
Aug 1, 2015
Volume
16
Issue
3
Pages
246 - 269
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