Table of Contents

Introduction, Chapter 1: Diversity, Chapter 2: Regarding Internationalisation, Chapter 3: The Non-role of "the West", Chapter 4: The National and the International, Chapter 5: Discursive Entanglements, Chapter 6: The Recursive Paradox, Conclusion

About the Author

Audrey Alejandro is Assistant Professor at the Department of Methodology, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Reviews

"The book’s demonstration is fascinating and bolstered by a clear prose. It persuasively uses an impressive range of empirical data such as statistics on publications, academic CVs, academic promotion criteria, and interviews. It is also remarkable in its continuous deployment of a theoretical apparatus that taps into anthro-pology, sociology, and critical studies." - Benjamin Chemouni, University of Cambridge"Alejandro’s book is both methodologically rigorous and intellectually challenging, providing a powerful critique of the emerging Global IR literature...a highly thought-provoking book, which challenges critical IR scholars to re-embrace methodological rigour and continue to question their foundational assumptions." - Farai Chipato, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 2020"…….what Alejandro stresses throughout her book is that ‘we [need] to act upon something that we can actually change,’ and that ‘something’ is practice, our institutional practices. This would be the challenge ahead of us in the Global South when it comes to overcoming ‘Western domination’: overcoming our own limitations and prejudices. Alejandro’s book is a sound contribution to that challenge and a must-read for all Brazilian scholars who dare to walk that path." - Hugo Arend, Contexto Internacional, 2020.

"The book’s demonstration is fascinating and bolstered by a clear prose. It persuasively uses an impressive range of empirical data such as statistics on publications, academic CVs, academic promotion criteria, and interviews. It is also remarkable in its continuous deployment of a theoretical apparatus that taps into anthro-pology, sociology, and critical studies." - Benjamin Chemouni, University of Cambridge"Alejandro’s book is both methodologically rigorous and intellectually challenging, providing a powerful critique of the emerging Global IR literature...a highly thought-provoking book, which challenges critical IR scholars to re-embrace methodological rigour and continue to question their foundational assumptions." - Farai Chipato, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 2020"…….what Alejandro stresses throughout her book is that ‘we [need] to act upon something that we can actually change,’ and that ‘something’ is practice, our institutional practices. This would be the challenge ahead of us in the Global South when it comes to overcoming ‘Western domination’: overcoming our own limitations and prejudices. Alejandro’s book is a sound contribution to that challenge and a must-read for all Brazilian scholars who dare to walk that path." - Hugo Arend, Contexto Internacional, 2020.