Weird IR

✍ Scribed by David Bell Mislan, Philip Streich

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 200
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

​The scholarly study of international relations tends to go over the same cases, issues, and themes. This book addresses this by challenging readers to think creatively about international politics. It highlights some of the strangest and rarest phenomena in diplomacy and world politics. Comprised of a series of vignettes and organized by common themes like nonsensical borders, quasi-countries, and diplomatic taboos, Weird IR encourages readers to think critically about the discipline without losing one's sense of humor completely.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Introduction (David Bell Mislan, Philip Streich)....Pages 1-13
To the Sea! Sealand and Other Wannabe States (David Bell Mislan, Philip Streich)....Pages 15-28
Beers at the Border Bar: No Shirt? No Passport? No Service! (David Bell Mislan, Philip Streich)....Pages 29-42
Stupid Things Our Leaders Say and Do (David Bell Mislan, Philip Streich)....Pages 43-57
DPRKLOL (David Bell Mislan, Philip Streich)....Pages 59-80
SCREAM (Soccer Rules Everything Around Me) (David Bell Mislan, Philip Streich)....Pages 81-98
Terra Nullius and the Neutral Zone: Not an Indie Band (David Bell Mislan, Philip Streich)....Pages 99-115
Island Living Ain’t Easy (David Bell Mislan, Philip Streich)....Pages 117-129
Gone to the Birds? Turkey Tails, Chicken Taxes, and the Global Economy (David Bell Mislan, Philip Streich)....Pages 131-145
Diplomatic Immunity…Revoked! (David Bell Mislan, Philip Streich)....Pages 147-159
What’s in a Name? (David Bell Mislan, Philip Streich)....Pages 161-174
Epilogue (David Bell Mislan, Philip Streich)....Pages 175-184
Back Matter ....Pages 185-197

✦ Subjects

Political Science and International Relations; International Relations Theory; Diplomacy; Foreign Policy; Politics and Gender; Political Leadership; Migration