Understanding national IR disciplines outside the United States: political culture and the construction of International Relations in Denmark

• Published in: Journal of international relations and development Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 414 - 443
• Main Authors: Breitenbauch, Henrik Ø, Wivel, Anders
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 01.12.2004; Palgrave Macmillan
• Subjects: Academic Disciplines; Area Studies; Constraints; Constructivism; Denmark; Development Studies; Geopolitics; International Relations; International relations theory; Knowledge; Political Culture; Political Science and International Relations; Political Science and International Studies; Political science research; Realism; Science; Social science research; Social sciences; Sociology; Trends; Denmark; United States > US; international relations discipline; political culture; sociology of knowledge

The conventional view of the discipline of international relations (IR) as an ‘American social science’ leaves little room for national traditions of international relations theorizing. We challenge this view by constructing and applying a theoretical model conceptualizing the relationship between s...