Barry Buzan is one of Europe's most prolific scholars of international relations, renowned for his interdisciplinary collaborations and commitment to making complex ideas accessible. This volume features a detailed analysis of his practised 'big picture' approach and its value to the international relations discipline, as well as related social science disciplines. It starts with an explication of the intellectual project of Barry Buzan over his long career, the development of his thinking in relation to the big picture and the style of research he engages in. The contributors then use this as a stepping stone to reflect on the broader value of the big picture approach, taking their point of departure in five scholarly fields: international relations theory, the English School, world history, international security studies and international political economy. In the concluding chapter, Barry Buzan reflects on the undertaking and the path forward.
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'Big picture, long view. Sturdy frames, familiar themes, a fresh sensibility. All this in a spacious, well-lit gallery, exhibiting some of Barry Buzan's ablest admirers. And then there's the old master himself, on yet another grand mission to reimagine International Relations.' Nicholas Onuf, Professor Emeritus, Florida International University
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A statement on the value of adopting a macro perspective on international relations based on the work of Barry Buzan.
Acknowledgements;
1. Introduction Rita Floyd and Laust Schouenborg; Part
I. The Big Picture and International Relations Theory:
2. The role and
structure of theory in big picture historical theorizing Ole Wæver;
3. The
big picture as a goodbye to international relations? Mathias Albert;
4. Big
picture ethics? Why normativity is unavoidable in the big picture John
Williams; Part II. The Big Picture and International Society:
5. World
society: from analytical dustbin to master concept of international
relations? Robert Falkner;
6. A big picture of the standard of civilisation:
what is in there, what not, and why it matters Filippo Costa Buranelli; Part
III. The Big Picture and Global History:
7. The biggest picture:
macro-history, grand theory and international relations Aye Zarakol;
8. Big
pictures in shallow frames: international relations and the challenge of
anthropological history Inanna Hamati-Ataya;
9. International society as an
historical subject: the bigger picture Cornelia Navari; Part IV. The Big
Picture and Security Studies:
10. Securitization theories: big picture
theorizing vs. 1:1 mapping Rita Floyd;
11. Mapping the globe: the ambiguities
of regional security complex theory Thomas Diez and R. Emre Midilli; Part V.
The Big Picture and International Political Economy:
12. Re-viewing IPE's
western-centric understanding of the global economy through big picture
analysis John M. Hobson;
13. Historical foundations for global IPE Eric
Helleiner;
14. Capital Markets and the global international system Louis W.
Pauly; Part VI. Conclusion:
15. Reflections on the big picture approach Barry
Buzan; Index.
Rita Floyd is Professor of International Security and Ethics at the University of Birmingham and co-editor-in-chief of International Affairs, a Chatham House journal. Her publications include The Duty to Secure: From Just to Mandatory Securitization (Cambridge University Press, 2024) and The Morality of Security: A Theory of Just Securitization (Cambridge University Press, 2019). Laust Schouenborg is Associate Professor of International Politics and Director of the Centre for Statecraft and International Order at Roskilde University. His publications include The Scandinavian International Society: Primary Institutions and Binding Forces, 1815-2010 (Routledge, 2012), International Institutions in World History: Divorcing International Relations Theory from the State and Stage Models (Routledge, 2017) and, with Barry Buzan, Global International Society: A New Framework for Analysis (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
