Thinking World Politics Otherwise

Thinking World Politics Otherwise is a different kind of textbook. It includes a variety of critical approaches and perspectives that seek to challenge and rethink orthodox understandings of International Relations.Moving away from traditional approaches based on theoretical and historical schools of thought, Thinking World Politics Otherwise brings together prominent voices in the field that recognize the importance of engaging with global politics from a range of perspectives and through a variety of cutting-edge approaches. It provides students with the opportunity to become familiar with a wide spectrum of approaches, issues, and cases that have been historically marginalized in the discipline.Key FeaturesIncludes a variety of approaches that have been historically marginalized in the discipline.Each section editor, as an expert in the approach represented in their section, provides an introduction to the section to give readers an overview of the approach.Diverse topics and chapters, ranging from understanding how the everyday shapes our view of the world to a planetary examination of international mobility, provides students with a wide range of learning opportunities.Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support.Digital formats and resourcesThinking World Politics Otherwise is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats and is supported by online resources. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with self-test multiple choice questions, functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support.The digital version, available on Politics Trove, is also accompanied by online resources. These include:For lecturers:PowerPoint slides with a deck for each chapter to help build lecture materials

At a time when inventing different ways of living and doing politics feels both urgent and difficult, the contributors to this volume give us the gift of imagination. They do not merely think world politics, but also feel and do. Here's to worlds otherwise! Roxani Krystalli, Senior Lecturer, University of St Andrews
A rich, diverse and multi-faceted engagement with a range of essential concepts and approaches within contemporary IR theory. A useful contribution to advanced courses on world politics in general and IR Theory in particular. Kevin Dunn, Professor of International Relations, Hobart and Williams Smith Colleges

Rhys Crilley, Lecturer in International Relations and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, University of Glasgow, Nivi Manchanda, Reader in International Politics, Queen Mary University of London, Laura J. Shepherd, Professor of International Relations, University of Sydney, Cai Wilkinson, Associate Professor in International Relations, Deakin University, Caitlin Biddolph, Lecturer in International Relations, The University of Technology, Sydney, and Stefanie Fishel, Senior Lecturer, University of Sunshine CoastRhys Crilley is a Lecturer in International Relations and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He has published widely on the intersections of global politics, social media, and popular culture. His current research explores how the legitimacy of nuclear weapons is communicated and contested in the contemporary era. He tweets at @rhyscrilley.Nivi Manchanda is a Reader in International Politics at Queen Mary University of London, UK. She is interested in questions of racism, colonialism, and capitalism and how they shape the contemporary global order. She is currently working on a project on borders, settler colonialism, and global solidarity, with a particular concern for Palestinian liberation.Laura J. Shepherd is a Professor of International Relations in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research explores aspects of gender and governance. She still spends too much time on Twitter, which she refuses to call X, and where she mostly lurks but tweets occasionally from @drljshepherd.Cai Wilkinson is an Associate Professor in International Relations at Deakin University, Australia. Cai's research focuses on societal security in the post-Soviet space, with a particular focus on LGBTQ human rights and "traditional values" in Kyrgyzstan and Russia, as well as on interrogating the role of genders and sexualities in international politics. Cai is currently working on projects about the politics of LGBT rights and "traditional values", and queer knowledges.Caitlin Biddolph is a Lecturer in International Relations in the School of International Studies and Education at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia. She is currently researching the global governance of transitional justice through queer decolonial perspectives. More broadly, Caitlin is interested in queer, feminist, postcolonial, and decolonial approaches to global politics, particularly global governance, international law, and transitional justice.Stefanie Fishel is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sunshine Coast in Southeast Queensland, Australia. She specializes in international relations, political theory, and environmental politics. Her interdisciplinary research engages with science and technology studies, philosophy, and the natural sciences, exploring how these fields inform our understanding of global political issues.Contributors:Alba Rosa Boer Cueva, Research Associate, University of SydneyAmanda Álvares Ferreira, Postdoctoral Researcher, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de JaneiroAmanda Russell Beattie, Senior Lecturer, Aston UniversityAnthony Burke, Professor of Environmental Politics and International Relations, UNSW CanberraBenjamin Meiches, Associate Professor of Security Studies & Conflict Resolution, University of Washington-TacomaCai Wilkinson, Associate Professor in International Relations, Deakin UniversityCaitlin Biddolph, Lecturer in International Relations, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)Catherine Chiniara Charrett, Senior Lecturer in Global Politics, University of WestminsterCecilia Åse, Professor of Gender Studies, Stockholm UniversityClara Eroukhmanoff, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, London South Bank UniversityDanielle Celermajer, Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy and Deputy Director of the Sydney Environment Institute, University of SydneyDavid Shim, Senior Lecturer and Master Program Coordinator at the Department of International Relations and International Organization of the University of GroningenDean Cooper-Cunningham, Assistant Professor, University of CopenhagenJames Eastwood, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of LondonJoana Castro Pereira, Assistant Professor, University of PortoJoanna Tidy, Lecturer, University of SheffieldJonneke Koomen, Associate Professor, Willamette UniversityJulia Richardson, Research Officer, The Australia and New Zealand School of GovernmentKarinda Flavell, PhD Candidate, Monash UniversityKaya Barry, Senior Lecturer, Griffith UniversityKerem Nisancioglu, Senior Lecturer, SOAS, University of LondonKristin Anabel Eggeling, Assistant Professor, University of CopenhagenLaura J. Shepherd, Professor of International Relations, University of SydneyLenka Olejníková, Sessional Academic, UNSW SydneyLisa Bogerts, Institute for Protest and Social Movement Studies, BerlinLisa Tilley, Senior Lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck, University of LondonMohamed Abdou, Arcapita Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African studies (MESAAS), Columbia UniversityMusab Younis, Associate Professor in Political Theory, University of OxfordNaomi Head, Professor of International Relations, University of GlasgowNivi Manchanda, Reader in International Politics, Queen Mary University of LondonPerdita Sonntag, PhD Candidate, Monash's Gender, Peace, and Security InitiativePrecious N. Chatterje-Doody, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, The Open UniversityRhys Crilley, Lecturer in International Relations, University of GlasgowRyan Thoreson, Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati College of LawSalome Ayuak, Independent ResearcherSamanthi J. Gunawardana, Senior Lecturer in Gender and Development, Monash UniversitySamid Suliman, Senior Lecturer in Migration and Security, Griffith UniversitySara Salem, Assistant Professor in Sociology, London School of EconomicsSharri Plonski, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Queen Mary University of LondonShweta Singh, Senior Assistant Professor of International Relations, South Asian UniversityStefanie Fishel, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of the Sunshine CoastV. Spike Peterson, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, University of Arizona

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