Acknowledgements.
Introduction: From International Relations to Global Relations.
Section 1: Inside State-Centrism.
1. Embedded State-centrism: From Realism to Neorealism.
2. Conceptual Determinism Revealed.
Section II: Beyond State-Centrism.
3. Beyond Superficial Paradigmatism.
4. Beyond the Normative Divide.
Section III: The Spaces of Global Relations.
5. States, Time and Space.
6. Political Economy of Spatiality.
The Conceptual Challenge: Concluding Thoughts.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
Gillian Youngs is Lecurer in the Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester.
'Sophisticated yet accessible, Youngs' book clarifies even as she
recasts key debates on the meaning of states and sovereignty.
Through a close reading of mainstream and critical theorists,
Youngs delivers a consolidated - and compelling - indictment of
state-centrism as dogmatically and dangerously out-of-place in the
context of global relations. Moreover, through explication of
feminist and postcolonial work, Youngs offers important guideposts
for mapping new directions in post-statist theory.' V. Spike
Peterson, Department of Political Science, University of
Arizona
'One of the real strengths of this book is not only the breadth of
questions which it explores, but its integration throughout of
feminist modes of analysis . She successfully uses feminist
approaches to both foreground and background her analysis - making
it a book which will be of interest to the reader looking for
feminist critiques of IR, but also to the reader looking to see how
feminism fits into the larger array of critical approaches to the
study of IR. This is a readable and engaging book which provides a
sophisticated critique of state-centrism and a plausible
alternative way of thinking about global politics in an age of
globalization. It is highly recommended.' The Canadian Journal of
Political Science
'The particular strength of Youngs's book is the way it relates the
question of spatiality to those of feminist theories of the social
... Youngs's critique of the patriarchal paradigm dominating IR's
and IPE's contributions to the debate of globalization is
significant and sophisticated.' SIGNS
"This book is an example of what feminism in international
relations can be like and what it intends to be." Journal of
International Relations and Development
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