Name for Contributors – World Politics in a Put up-Fact Age
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We’re searching for contributors for an open entry edited quantity, revealed with E-Worldwide Relations titled World Politics in a Put up-Fact Age. The e book can be revealed in free on-line net and book variations, and be accessible in paperback in e book shops. Put up-truth will be described as circumstances through which info are much less influential in shaping public opinion and political motion than emotion, perception and distortion. The aim of the e book is to deliver collectively a spread of various chapters that mirror upon the state of worldwide, regional and nationwide politics within the twenty-first century inside the context of post-truth. What unites the chapters will probably be that they’re written on the subject of the (supposed) erosion of lots of the norms and patterns of political and social behaviour established within the second half of the 20 th century – given the rise in social media and the web, political polarisation, and new patterns of state rivalries that harness post-truth politics. What additionally unites the chapters will probably be an expectation that they’re written to be digestible to a common reader, together with policymakers and college students.
Abstracts
We intend this e book to have a large affect socially and politically and never solely discover a scholarly viewers. So, whereas we anticipate chapters will interact with tutorial themes and modern analysis and cater to students, authors will probably be anticipated to work to current advanced concepts in an accessible manner. We welcome abstracts on areas resembling these listed beneath. We intend this e book to have a large, interdisciplinary, remit and encourage these forming abstracts to see this listing as indicative and never exhaustive.
- Survey essays investigating how concepts resembling post-truth politics and associated ideas emerge(d).
- Centered analyses of particular data wars, faux/false information situations (and so on.) formed round case research involving each state and/or non-state parts/actors.
- Critiques of the concept of globalization, whether or not it nonetheless endures, and/or whether or not extra ‘World’ types of IR would supply options to lots of the points generated by a post-truth age.
- The dissolution of the left/proper spectrum and the rise of polarization and the politics of ‘emotion’ and ‘perception’ (and so on.). Right here, we welcome centered case research such Brexit/Trump/Bolsonaro and so on.
- Evaluation of the ‘mainstreaming’ of conspiracy concept and millennialism in politics. This could possibly be utilized thematically to the ‘international’ – and/or utilized to extra ‘native’ settings.
- The thought of ‘Westlessness’, or in different phrases an evaluation of the decline within the energy and affect of western states in Worldwide Relations, and/or a give attention to different world orders/energy constructions which can be rising.
- Knowledgeable reflections on whether or not tackling shared threats (resembling pandemic illness, meals and water shortages, local weather change and so on.) is in danger from misinformed populations and leaders.
- Intersectional analyses of sexuality, gender and/or race associated to the rise of post-truth politics and populism. These analyses ought to be utilized to case research/examples of political leaders, nationalism, populism, tradition wars and so on.
- Regional views are additionally welcome on any of the above.
Submission process
We welcome abstracts of roughly 350 phrases by 1 July 2021 by way of electronic mail to Stephen McGlinchey at: Stephen.Mcglinchey@uwe.ac.uk
Please title your electronic mail ‘Put up-truth e book summary’ and in addition connect a short biography or CV/resume displaying your affiliation and prior publications, contact data and a hyperlink to your tutorial webpage (as relevant).
Your summary ought to have a draft chapter title and clearly define the narrative arc of the proposed chapter. Be aware, the utmost size of commissioned chapters for the e book will probably be 5000 phrases, excluding references. So, issue this into your summary.
If accepted, chapters will probably be formally commissioned in early July and be due for submission by 1 October 2021. Following submission, chapters will probably be subjected to see assessment, and an inner editorial course of to make sure consistency of high quality and tone of the general quantity.
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