Theory and Application of the “Generation” in International Relations and Politics

BRENT J. STEELE Associate Professor of Political Science at The University of Kansas, USA. JONATHAN M. ACUFF Assistant Professor of Political Science at Francis Marion University, USA.

• PART I: GENERATIONAL ANALYSIS: ANALYTICAL AND THEORETICAL POTENTIALITIES Introduction: Reappraising Generational Analysis; B.J.Steele  & J.M.Acuff   Never Trust Anyone Who Remembers Jerry Rubin: The Promise of Generational Conflict; B.J.Steele Towards a Sociology of Generational Change: Foreign Policy Analysis Meets Social Theory; B.Herborth   Karl Mannheim, the Problem of Generations and the Sociology of Knowledge in IR; D.McCourt PART II: EMPIRICAL DOMAINS OF GENERATIONAL ANALYSIS Looking for the Next Generation in South African Politics; J.Youde Generations at Home and Abroad: the Chinese Diaspora; M.Williams   Selling the US President to the Younger Generation: Changing Family Roles in Presidential Campaigns and Generational Attitude Shifts; J.Lucas   Generational Analysis and the Evolution of Military Doctrine and Strategy; J.M.Acuff   Generational Analysis in IR and Data from the World Values Survey; J.D.Carlson   PART III: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF GENERATIONAL ANALYSIS Reflections on Generational Analysis; M.Roskin

'This book, by an up-and-coming 'generation' of scholars in politics, sociology, and international relations, demonstrates that conceptual innovation is possible and necessary for the advancement of knowledge. Ranging across a number of areas and themes, the authors bring new insights to a wide range of topics. This is one of those books I wish I had thought to write or edit but since I didn't, I will be certain to recommend it to colleagues around the world.'Anthony Lang, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews