Shannon Brincat

Dialectical Dialogues in Global International Relations brings together scholars who use dialectical methods from a variety of philosophical and civilizational systems to examine core problems in world politics. These range from democracy, human rights, political economy, ecology, and world order to the metaphysics of Ancient India, philosophy in the Islamic Golden Age, and the theories of emancipation today. It offers a fresh perspective on dialectics, revealing it as a universal mode of thought spanning global transcultural, philosophical traditions. The book is a sustained dialogue between Marxian-Hegelian, Advaita, Buddhist, Daoist, Islamic, and Critical Realist traditions of theorizing within International Relations. Across the five chapters, experts explore how dialectics helps us understand a world that is in constant change, deeply interconnected, and full of contradictions. Each dialogue explores elements of dialectical thinking and its application to Global International Relations, illustrating how each tradition, in their unique ways, understand the interrelations and conditions in global social life and the potential for transformation this engenders. It highlights how many different civilizations developed their own systems of dialectical thinking, how each was made to respond to particular philosophical and social problems, and reveals that many of these approaches still resonate within the context of the many challenges facing humanity today. By challenging rigid, Western-centric thinking and transcending simplistic dualisms, the book provides vital tools for analysing complex global challenges and in dialectics finds a means of shared understanding between different cultures. In doing so, this book offers vital insights for 'worlding' Global International Relations and pursuing universal well-being in our deeply interconnected world. ABOUT THE SERIES: Voices in International Relations, published under the auspices of the European International Studies Association (EISA), furthers the development of research at the frontiers of International Relations (IR). It expands the remit of the field by including innovative scholarship that broadens key debates in the discipline, but it is more interested in reconfiguring such debates by approaching them from inside and outside the conventional core. Thematically, we aim to publish research that pushes the limits of IR conventionally defined from within and connects it to debates developing outside the discipline. We are committed to furthering diversity and inclusion in terms of authorship, location, topics and approaches from both inside and outside Europe. We have an inclusive approach to neighbouring disciplines, be it sociology, history, anthropology, geography, economics, political theory or law. Series editors: Debbie Lisle, Tanja Aalberts, Anna Leander, and Laura Sjoberg.

The global political environment in the twenty-first century is proving dynamic and challenging for Australian policymakers and political institutions. Australian Politics in the Twenty-first Century contextualises the Australian political landscape through an institutional lens. It examines the legislative and judicial bodies, minor parties, lobby groups, the media and the citizenry, providing historical and contemporary facts, explaining political issues and examining new challenges. The second edition has been updated to reflect the application of political theories in today's civic environment. New spotlight boxes highlight issues including marriage equality, COVID-19 and federalism, the inclusion of First Nations peoples in the political system, and gender equality in public policy. Short-answer, reflection, research and discussion questions encourage students to test and extend their knowledge of each topic and to clearly link theory to practice. Written in an accessible and engaging style, Australian Politics in the Twenty-First Century is an invaluable introduction to the Australian political system.