{"product_id":"the-sea-and-international-relations-9781526155108","title":"The Sea and International Relations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the world’s oceans cover more than seventy percent of its surface, the sea has largely vanished as an object of enquiry in International Relations (IR), being treated either as a corollary of land or as time. Yet, the sea is the quintessential international space, and its importance to global politics has become all the more obvious in recent years. Drawing on interdisciplinary insights from IR, Historical Sociology, Blue Humanities and Critical Ocean Studies, \u003ci\u003eThe sea and International Relations\u003c\/i\u003e breaks with this trend of oceanic amnesia, and kickstarts a theoretical, conceptual and empirical discussion about the sea and IR, by highlighting theoretical puzzles, analysing broad historical perspectives and addressing contemporary challenges. In bringing the sea back into IR, the book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ereconceptualises the canvas of international relations to include the oceans as a social, political, economic and military space which affects the workings of world politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This beautifully edited book tells a new and incredibly rich story of the sea. Each chapter not only unsettles our geopolitical imaginaries, but also invites us to think deeper about the ways in which oceans and waterways continue to shape the conditions of possibility of world politics. This is an outstanding volume that is likely to make a splash in our discipline of International Relations.'\u003cbr\u003eRebecca Adler-Nissen, Copenhagen University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'International Relations mostly treats the politics of the sea as a background constant, thanks to two centuries of Anglo-American naval hegemony. But no state’s naval hegemony is eternal, which makes it all the more interesting to explore the long history of high-seas politics, as this volume does. Collectively, the authors and editors bring a wealth of knowledge to a fascinating topic.'\u003cbr\u003eJeff Colgan, Brown University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe sea and International Relations\u003c\/i\u003e is a terrific volume that masterfully calls out International Relations’ (IR) terrestrial bias, and makes a compelling case for extending IR’s conceptual and empirical horizons seawards. Pirates and privateers, merchants, revolutionaries and empire-builders all feature in a scintillating series of interventions that together match formidable historical breadth with startling contemporary relevance. Anchors away, IR scholars – it’s time to set sail!'\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Phillips, University of Queensland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe sea and International Relations\u003c\/i\u003e offers a collection of interesting contributions and new strategies for the discipline of International Relations (IR) to better engage with the sea and the oceans. This edited volume brings together contributors with varying research interests, from maritime security to the history of empires and from privateering to the mobility and riches of the ocean. Each contributor offers their distinctive perspective on the role of the sea\/ocean in our theorizing on world politics.'\u003cbr\u003eMilla Vaha, \u003ci\u003eInternational Affairs \u003c\/i\u003e99: 2, 2023\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction  Staring at the sea – Benjamin de Carvalho and Halvard Leira\u003cbr\u003e1                        IR’s sea sickness: a materialist diagnosis – Alejandro Colás\u003cbr\u003e2                        The symbolic space of the sea: mythologising a nation, performing an alliance – Maria Mälksoo\u003cbr\u003e3                        The white man and the sea? Gender, race, and foundations of order – Halvard Leira and Benjamin de Carvalho\u003cbr\u003e4                        Boundaries in the sea: the production of political space in the early modern colonial Atlantic – Mark Shirk\u003cbr\u003e5                        Challenging order at sea: the early practice of privateering – Benjamin de Carvalho and Halvard Leira\u003cbr\u003e6                        A sea of connectivity and entanglement: modern mobilities and ancient thalassocracies in the Mediterranean Sea – Andonea Dickson\u003cbr\u003e7                        Constructing insecure maritime spaces: navigational technologies and the experience of the modern mariner – Jessica K. Simonds\u003cbr\u003e8                        Obligations \u003ci\u003eerga omnes\u003c\/i\u003e and the common heritage of mankind under the Law of the Sea Convention – Filippa Sofia Braarud\u003cbr\u003e9                        Fishing for territory: historical IR and the environment – Kerry Goettlich\u003cbr\u003eConclusion:    International terraqueous relations – Xavier Guillaume and Julia Costa López\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041019396439,"sku":"9781526155108","price":67.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526155108.jpg?v=1750948627","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sea-and-international-relations-9781526155108","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}