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OverviewVirtually all pertinent issues that the world faces today – such as nuclear proliferation, climate change, the spread of infectious disease and economic globalization – imply objects that move. However, surprisingly little is known about how the actual objects of world politics are constituted, how they move and how they change while moving. This book addresses these questions through the concept of 'translation' – the simultaneous processes of object constitution, transportation and transformation. Translations occur when specific forms of knowledge about the environment, international human rights norms or water policies consolidate, travel and change. World Politics in Translation conceptualizes 'translation' for International Relations by drawing on theoretical insights from Literary Studies, Postcolonial Scholarship and Science and Technology Studies. The individual chapters explore how the concept of translation opens new perspectives on development cooperation, the diffusion of norms and organizational templates, the performance in and of international organizations or the politics of international security governance. This book constitutes an excellent resource for students and scholars in the fields of Politics, International Relations, Social Anthropology, Development Studies and Sociology. Combining empirically grounded case studies with methodological reflection and theoretical innovation, the book provides a powerful and productive introduction to world politics in translation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tobias Berger , Alejandro EsguerraPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138630574ISBN 10: 1138630578 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 21 September 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction: The Objects of Translation Part I: Concepts Good treason. Following actor-network theory to the realm of drug policy The travelling concept of organized crime and the stabilization of securitized international cooperation: a translational reading Part II: Instruments Translating the glucometer – from ""Western"" markets to Uganda: of glucometer graveyards, missing testing strips and the difficulties of patient care Rule of Law promotion in translation: Technologies of normative knowledge transfer in South Sudan’s constitution making Part III: Facts What is wrong with the United Nations? Cynicism and the problem of translating the facts Reflexivity, positionality and normativity in the ethnography of policy translation Part IV: Projects Europe in translation: Governance, integration, and the project Translation and the challenges of supranational integration: the common grammar and its dissent Part V: Expertise Faithful translation? Shifting the boundaries of the religious and the secular in the global climate change debate Translating for politico-epistemic authority. Comparing food safety agencies in Germany and in the UK Conclusion: Power, Relationality, and Difference"ReviewsExamining the potent role of seemingly mundane objects, instruments, and facts in global politics, this volume makes a key contribution to our understanding of power, expertise and practice in the contemporary world. In these pages, it becomes clear just how powerful the concept of translation can be - enabling the contributors to both map the various ways in which people, objects and ideas can move from one space into another, and to recognize the slippages and tensions that can result. - Jacqueline Best, Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada Author InformationTobias Berger is Assistant Professor of Transnational Politics of the Global South at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Alejandro Esguerra is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Potsdam, Germany. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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