Periphery theorising for a truly internationalised discipline: spinning IR theory out of Anatolia
Date
2008Source Title
Review of International Studies
Print ISSN
0260-2105
Electronic ISSN
1469-9044
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Volume
34
Issue
4
Pages
693 - 712
Language
English
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Abstract
Concerns over inequalities that have been located between the roles of the core and
periphery within the development of the IR discipline have led to questions of whether it is
possible to build up theoretical concepts in IR based on national differences. There have not
yet been studies however providing an in-depth look at how IR theorising has been developing
within a periphery country or region, and exploring both the local and core level factors
inhibiting the development of original theoretical paradigms from within that context. By
looking at the Turkish experience, the article postulates that homegrown theorising may be the
only means for periphery IR to be respectfully acknowledged by the core IR discipline.